Auto slump claims new victim

Auto slump claims new victim Buffalo News - NY, United States ... component maker that was once found on the Fortune 500 list, has filed for federal bankruptcy protection, a victim of the swooning US auto industry. ... See all stories on this topic ABC News Plastic Cups Could Boost Auto Performance ABC News - USA By PHIL MCKENNA The energy crisis has given rise to a new source of fuel – the Styrofoam cup. Mechanical engineers at Iowa State University in Ames have ... See all stories on this topic Local auto dealers trying to stay positive amid change Ashland Times Gazette - Ashland,OH,USA Scott Harris of Bill Harris Auto Center, a Chrysler and GM dealership, said his companies' policies of operating with core values and maintaining quality ... See all stories on this topic Expansion of SBA program could aid auto, RV industries Indianapolis Star - United States "Certainly one of the things that the auto dealers really are facing is the inability to access working capital," Deese said Friday when the changes were ... See all stories on this topic Banks see 'great opportunity' in auto-lending Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada By Barbara Shecter, Financial PostMay 1, 2009 The auto sector crisis has not been bad for everyone. It has proven lucrative for some of Canada's biggest ... See all stories on this topic Chrysler Has First Day in Court Wall Street Journal - USA The auto maker asked Judge Arthur Gonzalez of the US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan for permission to pay employees and continue customer-warranty programs, ... See all stories on this topic Detroit's CEO in Chief Washington Post - United States By Eva Rodriguez "I don't want to run auto companies," President Obama said last week. "I'm not an auto engineer. I don't know how to create an affordable, ... See all stories on this topic CTV.ca Canadian auto sales results mixed in April CTV.ca - Canada TORONTO — Automakers experienced mixed Canadian sales for April, with declines of between 10 and 37 per cent for the major players -- and year-over-year ... See all stories on this topic Chrysler seen as shot over bow for GM creditors Reuters - USA The plan's terms, dictated by Obama's autos taskforce, would give the United Auto Workers union a much larger 40 percent stake for swapping half of their ... See all stories on this topic US allows more firms to seek small business loans Reuters - USA The move will provide particular relief to auto and recreational vehicle dealers and suppliers, which were often too big to qualify for such loans, ... See all stories on this topic