Jobs fruit ripens without subsidies

Things must be moving in the right direction if Michigan business is trolling for high-tech workers among Cape Canaveral’s laid-off space shuttle employees.

Pols miss Chrysler ad’s true message

Leave it to the politicians and their minions to selectively interpret Chrysler Group LLC’s “Halftime in America” Super Bowl ad starring Clint Eastwood.

Union deal may not be enough for Detroit

Mayor Dave Bing’s tentative agreement with non-uniformed city employees could be a big step toward averting appointment of an emergency manager.

Chrysler rebound fuels Fiat’s venture

In yet another turn of the automotive circle, Chrysler is on track again to be the global auto industry’s surprise darling with its growing top line, expanding profits, increasing production, improving quality and a marketing moxie tied to Detroit’s roots.

Departing Ford exec led auto changes

They don’t make many like Sue Cischke. She’s the only woman to have been named an officer at two of Detroit’s three automakers.

Gilbert remains bullish on the D

Detroit may be edging ever closer to the financial abyss, but don’t tell that to Dan Gilbert. His bullishness on The D is palpable.

Michigan business balks at right to work

Corporate Michigan’s burgeoning love affair with Gov. Rick Snyder and his Republican-controlled Legislature has limits and they can be summed up in three words — right to work.

Business leaders embrace Snyder’s success

Less than 13 months into seeing one of their own become Michigan’s governor, the state’s leading corporate CEOs are promoting a growth agenda they say would boost per-capita income $18,000 and create nearly 500,000 jobs over the next 10 years.

Obama shares the credit for autos’ rise

The trouble with claiming credit for Detroit’s accelerating automotive renaissance, as President Barack Obama is likely to do in his State of the Union address tonight and in an Ann Arbor speech later this week, is that reality is more complicated.

Film industry proves to be paper tiger

Evidence continues to mount that Michigan’s budding film industry really was no such thing.

Now Snyder must outdo himself

One year in, Gov. Rick Snyder has a tough act to follow — himself.

Disdain for public revealed in scandals

In just another Thursday in The D, a judge orders our billionaire bridge mogul to the can to atone for his contempt of the law and a whistle-blower lawsuit purports to expose how deeply public corruption in Wayne County may really run.

Detroit should be in official auto show title

After 24 years, has the North American International Auto Show outlived its usefulness?

Big Three’s recovery provides clear lessons for ailing Detroit

Storms in Europe dampen Detroit

GM, Ford innovate to take on Germans

Group links auto advocates