Daniel Howes
ContributorDaniel Howes is columnist and associate business editor of The Detroit News. A former European correspondent for The News, he has reported from nearly 25 countries on three continents and in the Middle East. Before heading to Europe in 1999, Howes was senior automotive writer and a business projects writer. He is a frequent contributor to NewsTalk 760-WJR in Detroit and a weekly contributor to Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor.
Howes is winner of multiple International Wheel Awards for column writing; a four-time winner of Northwestern University’s Medill award for general markets coverage; three-time winner for commentary from the Society of Business Editors and Writers; and a three-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Awards, including an honorable mention for commentary in 2007.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from The College of Wooster in Ohio, and a master’s in international affairs from Columbia University.
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Tesla, the Silicon Valley automaker, is getting its revenge.The maker of infamous electric vehicles got approval this week to sell directly to customers… -
It must be an election year. Right on cue, the trade wars are coming to an end.On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed what he calls “Phase One” in a… -
The birthplace of the modern American labor movement is facing a reckoning.Thank a growing cadre of United Auto Workers leaders, including two of the past… -
President Donald Trump was here when the House tallied impeachment votes on Capitol Hill.That’s because Michigan’s a state he needs to win re-election…
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That’s right – no accidents, just intention.This was one of the most consequential weeks since Donald Trump became president. Within just a few hours,…
