U.S. free trade agreements locked in limbo

By Laurel Adams

The number of bilateral and regional free trade agreements has been increasing worldwide, but the U.S. has been sitting on three

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"… l Research Service.The South Korean agreement has received challenges from Detroit car makers, in particular Ford and Chrysler, for not being strong enough a …"

Back to school for the billionaires

By Rita Beamish

Business titans find reforming schools much harder than just writing checks

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"… s."A lot of things we do don't work out," acknowledged Broad, a product of Detroit public schools and Michigan State who made a fortune in homebuilding and f …"

Buyer beware

By David Heath

New consumer agency powerless against dishonest auto lending practices

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"… action against an auto dealer for a decade, held a public meeting today in Detroit examining some of the auto financing problems spotlighted by the Center's …"

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After decade of inaction, FTC holds meeting on auto financing concerns

By David Heath

After decade of inaction, FTC holds meeting on auto financing concerns

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"… enhanced powers to stop predatory auto loans.At a public meeting today in Detroit, the FTC turned its attention to some of the problems spotlighted in the C …"

"… st three public meetings on auto financing, webcast its first one today in Detroit here.   The agency was ambiguous about what, if anything, it pla …"

The climate change lobby explosion

By Marianne Lavelle

Will thousands of lobbyists imperil action on global warming?

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"… sues about coal. We still have to do something to address the issues about Detroit,” MacLeod says. “All those issues did not go away because of who the p …"

The climate lobby's nonstop growth

By Marianne Lavelle

Makers of sneakers, blue jeans, and computer network servers joined forces late last fall and vowed a bigger push in Congress on climate cha

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"… a host of other interests from battery makers to power companies and even Detroit automakers, hasn’t gotten all it wanted. The association had been lobbyi …"

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Romney corrals hundreds of fundraisers to dial-for-dollars from Las Vegas

By Peter H. Stone

Fundraisers for Mitt Romney hope to raise up to $3 million in a one-day money marathon

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"… and an ambassador to the Bahamas under George W. Bush; John Rakolta Jr., a Detroit construction magnate; Chris Collins, a Massachusetts developer; Woody John …"

Political inaction committees: How political action committees are spending your donations

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Gabriel Debenedetti

Jay Peters is a psychology instructor at a Durham, North Carolina, community college who has donated tens of thousands of dollars to conserv

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"… ttees endorse candidates and then give those candidates contributions. The Detroit-based Fannie Lou Hamer Federal PAC, named for a legendary civil rights act …"

"… C, which also operates a non-federal PAC for state and local efforts, asks Detroit-area candidates for a $2,500 “endorsement confirmation,” which it spen …"

"… anation.Some have criticized the pay-for-endorsement system — popular in Detroit, though other groups do not appear to operate federal PACs — and the lac …"

"… iple requests for comments, but PAC field director Yvette McElroy told The Detroit News in 2009 “We are very good at what we do.” The PAC boasts of an 85 …"

Top pipeline regulator missing from Congressional hearing

By Aaron Mehta

The Obama administration’s top pipeline safety official has recused herself from matters related to Enbridge Inc’s massive oil spill in Mich

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"… allons of crude oil into the Kalamazoo River area, about 120 miles west of Detroit. Another Enbridge pipeline last week leaked gasoline into drinking water s …"

Congress investigates treatment of Michigan oil spill victims

By Aaron Mehta and John Solomon

Phyllis Nelson defied her doctors’ predictions by surviving chronic lung disease for the last seven years, and until late July she had her s

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"… lls like the one that polluted the Kalamazoo River about 120 miles west of Detroit. A joint investigation by the Center for Public Integrity and CBS New …"

"… not feel they have been treated fairly.” Enbridge recently named former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer, an ex-state supreme court justice, to oversee and imp …"

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