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Detroit 3 automakers hope to reduce health care costs in next UAW contract - Detroit Free Press
GM hopes to further reduce labor costs through additional changes to the way it operates its plants, according to a person familiar with the situation. "There are ways of reducing fixed costs without cutting pay and benefits," Schwartz said. ...
GM's goals in UAW talks: Cut health care and labor costs, tweak profit-sharing ... - Detroit Free Press
GM believes that its current agreement, which allows for unlimited hiring of entry level workers at about half of the $28 per hour wage until 2015, will help it continue to lower its labor costs, according to a person familiar with the situation. ...
Leaf motors to be built in Tenn. - Detroit Free Press
The securities for the automaker will be priced this week, according to a person familiar with the offering who declined to be identified because terms aren't public. The extra yield investors demand to hold top-ranked securities linked to auto loans ...
Ty Conklin expected to return as backup goalie for Red Wings - Detroit Free Press
2 guy next season, according to a source close to the situation. When free agency began July 1, they went after Tomas Vokoun, and when he instead opted for more playing time in Washington, the Wings turned their eyes back to Chris Osgood. ...
NFL roundup: Mediator to continue labor talks today - Detroit Free Press
The person spoke to the AP on Sunday on condition of anonymity, because the discussions are supposed to remain confidential. The mediator, US Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan, originally had ordered representatives of the league's owners and players to ...
EPA to study whether Imprelis lawn weed-killer hurts trees - Detroit Free Press
... which should be later this month, we will conduct an expedited review to determine if any changes in the use of the product are needed," said the spokesman at EPA headquarters in Washington who declined to be named as a matter of agency policy. ...
Bin Laden said to plot 9/11 strike again - Detroit Free Press
The planning never got beyond the discussion stage between bin Laden and his operations chief Attiyah abd al-Rahman, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he isn't authorized to speak about the matter. ...
3 bombings in India kill 17, injure 131 - Detroit Free Press
... Press BY RAJESH SHAH AND MUNEEZA NAQVI ASSOCIATED PRESS MUMBAI, India -- Three coordinated bombings tore through the heart of India's busy financial capital during rush hour Wednesday, killing 17 people and wounding 131, a government official said. ...
Obama, Congress ratchet up rhetoric - Detroit Free Press
They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak on the record. He could reach $2.4 trillion over 10 years with extra revenues, Obama told the group, the aides said. The president then said there was too much "positioning, ...
Report: Kelvin Sampson heading to Rockets - Detroit Free Press
The sources requested anonymity because the Rockets have not announced the hires. Both men were expected to be on the Minnesota Timberwolves' short list of candidates. They fired coach Kurt Rambis today. Bill Laimbeer, another of the Pistons' five ...
Federal auto office gets new director, extension - Detroit Free Press
The White House will announce today that Jay Williams, mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, will be appointed the new director of the Office of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, according to a person familiar with the matter. ...
Toyota to recall hybrid SUVs - Detroit Free Press
Renault and its alliance partner Nissan aim to reach an agreement next month to assume control of OAO AvtoVAZ, Russia's biggest carmaker, two people familiar with the matter said. Renault, which owns 25% of AvtoVAZ, and Nissan are in discussions on how ...
Michael Rosenberg: NHL realignment could only be good for Red Wings - Detroit Free Press
According to various reports, citing numerous sources close to a variety of other sources, the NHL might move Detroit to the East in two years. This would be wonderful, since it would put us closer to the Atlantic Ocean ... oh, ...
NHL roundup: Blackhawks trade former Red Wing Tomas Kopecky - Detroit Free Press
Vancouver: The Canucks signed defenseman Kevin Bieksa to a five-year, $23-million contract extension, the Associated Press reported, citing an anonymous source. Bieksa, 30, would have become an unrestricted free agent Friday. ...
Sunshine is scarce for Jobbie Nooner but 'we're still having a great time' - Detroit Free Press
"I'm freezing my ass off," said one man, who refused to give his name, after a trip through the water. He refused to give his name, however. In fact, many of those interviewed didn't want to give their names. It seems they were supposed to be at work ...
Snyder to announce sweeping DPS reforms - Detroit Free Press
Rick Snyder will create a new authority to run several failing Detroit Public Schools as part of a sweeping reform package to be announced Monday for the struggling district, sources said. The plan would restructure the failing school district, ...
New loans possible amid dispute - Detroit Free Press
Obama administration officials said they believe they have a majority of support in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, for the resolution. It would be the first such statement to pass a UN vote. Civilians flee fighting: More than 10000 ...
Some say lawsuit is just a distraction - Detroit Free Press
One local business leader, speaking on condition of anonymity, suggested that Dumas' position may be becoming untenable. "You're not trying to pass judgment because you don't know what the facts are here, but this is becoming too much of a distraction ...
U.S.: Injuries from blast worse for Yemen's leader - Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON -- Obama administration officials said Tuesday that Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was injured worse than first thought in a blast at his compound last week, complicating the US response to growing instability in a key battleground in ...
Report: Tigers one of nine MLB teams violating debt rules - Detroit Free Press
said the banker, who declined to be identified because of his work with the league and its clubs. Rob Manfred, baseball's executive vice president of labor relations, would not confirm the number of teams in violation of the debt rule or identify any ...
Chrysler becomes Lancia in Europe - Detroit Free Press
Fiat will announce the agreement Friday in Rome during a visit by China's Vice President Xi Jinping, said the people, who declined to be named before an official statement. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will meet Xi Friday as part of the ...
NATO air strike hits 2 houses, kills 14 people - Detroit Free Press
Hours after the ceremony, a series of bomb blasts at an army barracks in Bauchi in the country's northeast killed at least five people, said police official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The stately ceremony in Nigeria's capital of Abuja came ...
John Kuester still Pistons coach, source confirms, despite ESPN report - Detroit Free Press
The source requested anonymity because he isn't authorized to speak for Gores, who is expected to gain control sometime this week. Kuester, reached by phone this afternoon, told the Free Press that he has not met with Pistons president of basketball ...
6 at governor's complex killed in bombing - Detroit Free Press
Martin Dempsey as the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing Adm. Michael Mullen, an administration official said Saturday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement has been made. Ousted former President Manuel ...
NBA roundup: Rockets working on deal with Kevin McHale - Detroit Free Press
The person spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because the deal was not yet complete. McHale would take over for Rick Adelman, who left the team days after his fourth season in Houston. McHale, a Hall of Fame player for the Boston Celtics, ...