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Step Forward program now has millions to help homeowners avoid foreclosure

Stateside Staff

During the Great Recession, a lot of people ran into financial trouble and lost their homes to foreclosure. Some still are. And in Wayne County, the…

'Government Motors' no more?

Mark Brush

The U.S. Treasury Department and General Motors announced today that company will buy 200 million of the U.S. government's 500.1 million shares in GM.GM…

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has been criticized for his views on the auto bailouts.

Was Mitt Romney wrong about the auto industry?

Mark Brush

Mitt Romney's visit to Michigan has sparked a debate over his views on the federal bailouts of the auto industry.Democrats have been working to make…

The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee has won awards and is one of the vehicles contributing to Chrysler's resurgence. The company announced that it paid off it's TARP loans yesterday. Today, a public radio program is asking whether the bailouts were worth it.

Were the auto bailouts worth it? (poll)

Mark Brush

It's your turn to chime in on the auto bailouts - online or on-air.Today, in the second hour of the public radio call-in program Talk of the Nation, host…

Chrysler CEO Marchionne said "we owe a debt of gratitude to those whose intervention allowed Chrysler Group to re-establish itself as a strong and viable carmaker."

Chrysler celebrates after paying back government loans

Mark Brush

Chrysler got itself out from under the higher interest loans from the U.S. and Canadian governments today - sooner than it had planned to.Company…

GM moving closer to November stock sale

Mark Brush

General Motors (or should I say General Motors Holding Company) is planning to hold a public stock sale in mid-November. It will be the first since the…