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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The UAW once prided itself on being America’s “clean union.” The latest evidence and eight federal convictions so far suggest that moniker no longer may… -
Here in the industrial heartland, some old auto towns are getting some love.It’s about time.The latest is Flint, the “Vehicle City” laid low by its…
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Twenty Democrats angling to unseat President Donald Trump graced the Fox Theatre over two nights to show what their party learned from their 2016… -
President Trump proved the road to the Oval Office runs through the industrial Midwest. The Democrats vying to replace him should keep that in mind.…
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They’re waiting for the end at Lordstown, the giant auto plant General Motors says it no longer needs.Local 1112 President Dave Green comes in every day.…
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Not since the dark days of bankruptcy a decade ago are contract talks between the United Auto Workers and Detroit’s automakers likely to be as tough as…
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Ford Motor is cutting another 12,000 jobs in Europe.And global automakers have confirmed plans to close 16 plants around the world and eliminate 120,000…
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Not since two Detroit automakers emerged from bankruptcy a decade ago has the hometown industry faced as much uncertainty as they do now in President…
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Marygrove College is folding, three years after its financial crisis became undeniable.It closes officially in December. It leaves 300 graduate students… -
Fiat Chrysler’s deal of the decade is dead.Good ol’ French politics killed it this week – exactly what you get when the federal government in Paris…
