Lee Iacocca, for example, was only one of several auto-industry heavyweights to get caught in an oil-and-gas tax shelter that ran into trouble (FORBES, June 4).
What do you do when you have no auto-industry?
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Romney, according to Romney, never favored the individual mandate, or supported abortion rights, or opposed the auto-industry bailout, or did any of the other things he obviously, and on the record, did.
To determine the average amount consumers might pay to keep their new cars in operating condition, we used 2008 repair estimates calculated over a five-year period by Vincentric, an auto-industry data-analysis company.
It also was the right thing to do, although a tough decision, to save the auto industry, which is now profitable and gaining market share -- the U.S. auto industry -- for the first time in a very long time.
The non-union auto industry is flourishing in the south in right-to-work states.
And is that something that, as this restructured and turned-around auto industry looks at the future a lower wage scale, one that does bring some concerns to those who are on the line now and are anticipating or trying to plan for their future -- is that the new normal in the American auto industry?
The auto industry is a trillion-dollar industry, sitting on 60-100 days of finished goods.
That mostly reflects competitive pressures of the auto industry--only a few carmakers are on the list--but there is an interesting quirk: Toyota Industries, a quarter-owned subsidiary, did make the cut.
We also took steps to prevent the rapid dissolution of the American auto industry -- which faced a crisis partly of its own making -- to prevent the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs during an already fragile, shaky time.
So we made the decision to stand behind the auto industry -- if automakers, if CEOs like Sergio were willing to do what was necessary to make themselves competitive in the 21st century, and if they have the cooperation of workers who were taking pride in the products that they made.
This illustrates an age-old, auto industry balancing act: new-and-improved versus tried-and-true.
The railroads, the steel industry, the auto industry, the computer industry - all were built by individuals when the government was at best uninvolved and at worst fighting their progress at every step.
But we are committed to the goal of a re-tooled, re-imagined auto industry that can compete and win.
But we are committed to the goal of a retooled, re-imagined auto industry that can compete and win.
When the problem-plagued auto industry was excluded, retail sales still fell by 2.2%, nearly twice the 1.2% analysts had expected.
The President is invested in looking for that and he's very invested in that strong, long-term auto industry right here in America.
The EPI expects a 27% unemployment rate for African Americans in Michigan, home to the hard-hit auto industry, by the end of the year.
Mr. LASORDA: Well, and if you look at it back - and I remember the days I started in the auto industry almost 29 years ago - when I looked at the cars and the vehicles that were there.
But I would underscore this: The President -- as I said a second ago, the President wants to see a viable, strong auto industry that supports the -- that's good for workers and is good for the communities that these workers live in.
The RV industry was--and remains--as fragmented as the auto industry had been before the Depression.
Airplane sales plummeted, the yacht-building industry nearly cratered, jewelry and fur sales lagged, and the auto industry closed dozens of high-end dealerships.
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So think about this: Just a few years ago, the American auto industry was flat-lining.
They are now -- the American auto industry is now in a very preeminent position globally.
But there are signs of a comeback -- in the auto industry, at least.
Remember when folks in Washington were telling Barack to let the auto industry go under -- remember that?
One reason is more defaults of mortgage insurance--which, ironically, protects against borrower defaults--due to auto industry job losses in the Great Lakes.
And that's also why, while some folks, if you recall, were willing to let the auto industry go under -- you remember that?
In the auto industry, eco-cars were delayed for several years as designers sought ways to give expression to an eco-feature in the look and feel of the car.
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