Pardo answered, first as an announcer for color-television demonstrations via closed-circuit productions, and later as an announcer for numerous programs. Many fans of the original NBC daytime version of "Jeopardy!" (1964-1975), for example, equate Pardo

Classic rock not your style? How about reggae? Handpicked music from reggae icon Ziggy Marley can be heard at 9 a.m. the first Sunday of every month on SiriusXM's The Joint Channel 42. Richard Wagoner is a freelanc

Obama's statement marks him as a true ingrate, because for better or worse (my opinion: worse; your mileage, so to speak, may vary) Mitt Romney, after warning of the dangers of bailing out General Motors and Chrysler, shifted gears four months later and

Going all the way back to the days of Ralph Nader and the Corvair in the 1960s, General Motors executives have never fared well during appearances on Capitol Hill. Most recently, that happened when General Motors Chairman Rick Wagoner received intense cr

Eight radio stations - some you may not have heard of - won awards. That sound you hear is not the wind - it is the collective sigh of relief from competitors

With the passing of Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, the Duke community has lost one of its most devoted and passionate members. Semans, great-granddaughter of Washington Duke—the University’s namesake—died Wednesday in Duke Hospital at the age of 91. The

President Obama on Wednesday said that President Bush was responsible for bailing out auto companies in Detroit, writes the Washington Examiner’s Charlie Spiering. “Keep in mind,” the president said, “That the administration before us, they had been writ

The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Tuesday: General Motors has reclaimed a title that three years ago many auto analysts thought was gone forever: GM again is the world's biggest automaker, having sold slightly more than 9

The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Tuesday, Jan. 24: General Motors has reclaimed a title that three years ago many auto analysts thought was gone forever: GM again is the world's biggest automaker, having sold slightly mo

Washington -General Motors chairman and CEO Dan Akerson will defend the company's plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt on Wednesday, telling Congress the vehicle is safe. In his five-page written testimony before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committe

FORTUNE -- In 2008, Mitt Romney wrote a New York Times op-ed titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt." He argued then that if the auto companies got a bailout, "you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye." Lately, however, the Republican frontrunner h

It also happens to be an era of music that is hardly found on radio these days

Edward Lapham is executive editor of Automotive News. Recent stories on this subject Media days at an international auto show are as much about the people as they are about the cars on display. The cars and trucks are what draw the people to auto shows.

Considering his background as a self-described constitutional law professor (he was technically a “senior lecturer,” not a tenured professor), President Obama is surprisingly free from hang-ups about due process when it comes to the country’s founding do

DETROIT -- Back in the day, before Detroit automaker hubris was crushed by the big fall in the Great Recession, General Motors claimed the head seat at the table. It's true. As recently as when Bill Ford Jr. , now the company chairman, was CEO of Ford an

From 1994 to 2009, GMs market share dropped from 33% to less than 19%. Dr. Peter believed that frequently a person who has excelle

From 1994 to 2009, GMs market share dropped from 33% to less than 19% - Andrea Schafthuizen In the 1960s, psychologist Lawrence Peter described what’s come to be called the “Peter Principle.” Dr. Peter believed that frequently a person who has excelled

Jeff Kuhlman, 47, and a 20-year auto-industry veteran, has been named head of global communications for Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. , the parent of Franklin-based Nissan Americas Inc. Kuhlman, a native of Toledo, Ohio, comes to Nissan from the German automaker

With the collapse of Solyndra, the government seems to be picking more losers than winners, but alas that is not the case. The greatest harm from industrial policy often comes from the successful prevention of loss. Like all too many bad Obama administr