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General Motors released its quarterly earnings summary this morning. WDET's Pat Batcheller spoke with 'Autoline Daily's John McElroy about the numbers and asked if there was anything surprising about the results.
State wants to give businesses, residents, and drivers plenty of time to prepare for disruptions in traffic.
Chrysler led Detroit's automakers with sales up 20%. Ford sales fell 5%. GM sales fell 8%.
Two Detroit business tycoons are making big moves.
Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne announced the company will support the M-1 Woodward Avenue light-rail project by committing three million dollars over five years to sponsor one of the stations along the 3.3-mile route from downtown Detroit to New Center.
He made the promise to real estate mogul and Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, a principal supporter of the M-1 project. Returning the favor, Gilbert said he’d take on a leadership role with the United Way for Southeastern Michigan, of which Marchionne is the fund-raising chair. Dollar, dollar bills ya'll.
This all went down just before Chrysler inked a deal to lease two floors of space and move 70 people downtown to the former Dime Building, which Gilbert scooped up during last summer's real estate pillaging. It's been renamed the Chrysler House.
Officials in Detroit are launching a new schedule they say will keep buses in the city running on time on selected routes.
Ford’s first quarter earnings fell roughly 45% compared to the beginning of 2011.
Working out of a hanger and abandoned terminal at Detroit City Airport, Jon Rimanelli says the Obama Administration and NASA are helping to propel his endeavor to make Detroit a major player in engineering Next Generation aviation communication systems and sky travel, utilizing unmanned aircraft for freight, surveillance and personal passenger travel.
WDET's J. Carlisle Larsen speaks about the history of Chicago's city owned Meigs Field Airport.
With Detroit city officials looking to eliminate City Airport's budget, WDET checks in with the people in the neighborhood to find out what they hope the fate of the site will be.
Tony Molinaro handles public affairs for the Federal Aviation Administration. He tells WDET’s Travis Wright that $9.7 million in federal grants to Coleman A. Young International come with assurances that, in effect, protect the site from becoming anything but an airport.
Detroit Mayor Bing says operating City Airport is a luxury the city can no longer afford.
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