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Daniel Howes' Weekend Essay

Daniel Howes is columnist and associate business …

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Howes on feds' probe, UAW corruption

Howes on feds' probe, UAW corruption

This week, Daniel Howes says the federal corruption probe into the United Auto Workers and its joint training centers is... Read more

17 Aug 2019

3mins

Ranked #2

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Howes on what the General Motors strike ignored

Howes on what the General Motors strike ignored

This week, Daniel Howes says the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Co. netted members a healthy set of e... Read more

28 Oct 2019

4mins

Ranked #3

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On Whitmer and Michigan business

On Whitmer and Michigan business

This week, Daniel Howes says Gretchen Whitmer’s budget address helped answer whether Michigan business still has a frien... Read more

10 Mar 2019

4mins

Ranked #4

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Howes on transnational FCA-PSA deal

Howes on transnational FCA-PSA deal

This week, Daniel Howes says the new name for the merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot of France should be United Nations... Read more

4 Nov 2019

3mins

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Daniel Howes on NAFTA 2.0 reckoning

Daniel Howes on NAFTA 2.0 reckoning

This week, Daniel Howes says bipartisan opposition to the rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement is forcing ... Read more

6 May 2019

3mins

Ranked #6

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On General Motors’ Lordstown suitor

On General Motors’ Lordstown suitor

This week, Daniel Howes says the “goods news” of General Motors Co. finding a potential buyer for its Lordstown Assembly... Read more

11 May 2019

4mins

Ranked #7

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The UAW strike of General Motors gets stranger, just won't end

The UAW strike of General Motors gets stranger, just won't end

This week, Howes says the strange United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Co. is getting stranger in the wake ... Read more

21 Oct 2019

3mins

Ranked #8

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On Michigan's Big Three universities' dysfunction

On Michigan's Big Three universities' dysfunction

This week, Daniel Howes says the antics coming from the boardrooms of the state’s Big Three universities will not change... Read more

10 Nov 2019

4mins

Ranked #9

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On broken promises at Little Caesars Arena

On broken promises at Little Caesars Arena

This week, Daniel Howes says the Ilitch family’s billion-dollar investment in its District Detroit, anchored by Little C... Read more

27 Apr 2019

4mins

Ranked #10

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Daniel Howes on ‘America’s’ automaker

Daniel Howes on ‘America’s’ automaker

This week, Daniel Howes says Detroit’s top two automakers – facing a potential circus surrounding national contract talk... Read more

8 Sep 2019

4mins

Ranked #11

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Automakers face a looming 'profit desert'

Automakers face a looming 'profit desert'

This week, Daniel Howes says global automakers face a “profit desert” in coming years as spending for the Auto 2.0 space... Read more

29 Jun 2019

3mins

Ranked #12

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Howes on Jeep’s Detroit move

Howes on Jeep’s Detroit move

This week, Howes says Detroit’s first new auto plant in nearly 30 years is a go, but not without the usual complaining a... Read more

25 May 2019

3mins

Ranked #13

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Podcast: Howes on Ford getting respect

Podcast: Howes on Ford getting respect

This week, Daniel Howes says signs are growing that Ford Motor Co. is no longer the Rodney Dangerfield of the auto indus... Read more

14 Apr 2019

3mins

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On Detroit carmakers' China play

On Detroit carmakers' China play

Escalating trade tensions between the United States and China may be slowing auto sales there, but they’re also exposing... Read more

18 May 2019

4mins

Ranked #15

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Howes on the UAW scandal and strike

Howes on the UAW scandal and strike

This week, Daniel Howes says that as United Auto Workers members strike General Motors Co., the union’s rank-and-file an... Read more

22 Sep 2019

3mins

Ranked #16

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Howes on UAW, feds, funds

Howes on UAW, feds, funds

This week, Daniel Howes says federal authorities investigating alleged corruption inside the United Auto Workers are ask... Read more

1 Apr 2019

3mins

Ranked #17

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Howes says new UAW boss has leverage -- if he'll use it

Howes says new UAW boss has leverage -- if he'll use it

This week, Daniel Howes say the new president of the United Auto Workers, Rory Gamble, has leverage to drive reform with... Read more

7 Dec 2019

3mins

Ranked #18

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Podcast: Howes on Michigan’s John Dingell

Podcast: Howes on Michigan’s John Dingell

This week, Daniel Howes says Detroit’s auto industry has lost the best friend in Washington it probably ever had. Congre... Read more

16 Feb 2019

4mins

Ranked #19

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Looming UAW contract talks look to be tough

Looming UAW contract talks look to be tough

This week, Howes says that not since the dark days of bankruptcy a decade ago are contract talks between the United Auto... Read more

13 Jul 2019

3mins

Ranked #20

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Howes on UAW-GM strike’s roots

Howes on UAW-GM strike’s roots

This week, Daniel Howes says the United Auto Workers’ fight with General Motors Co. is a battle over dollars and cents p... Read more

6 Oct 2019

4mins

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