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Daniel Howes

@DanielHowes_TDN

Senior Editor/Business & Columnist, The Detroit News. Contact me at [email protected] or read my columns at https://nitter.gq/t.co/SpomtS4jDY.

 Detroit, MI
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Joined October 2015
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Q&A: Blue Cross CEO Tricia Keith vows insurer will face, learn from adversity detroitnews.com/story/busine… via @DanielHowes_TDN & @detroitnews
Q&A: Blue Cross CEO Tricia Keith vows insurer will face, learn from adversity

Q&A: Blue Cross CEO Tricia Keith vows insurer will face, learn from adversity

Keith on GM contract: 'We don't think we should have lost it, but we did, and so that's what we have to face, and we have to learn from it.'

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Kelley Root@kelleyrootOct 9
New lawsuit by parent company of @detroitnews & @freep seeks to protect our content —>> “OpenAI deliberately chose to use copyrighted works without permission, disregarding the rights of authors and publishers whose livelihoods depend on respect for their creative efforts.”
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USA Today sued OpenAI, accusing it of illegally copying hundreds of thousands of articles from 19 publications to train and operate its models, and then reproduce or repackage that reporting for ChatGPT users. Read more: forbes.com/sites/fionariley/… 📸: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
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Closing press conference of the G20 finance ministerial here in Asheville w/ Treasury Sec. Bessent. While he did not cite specific agreements from member countries on Operation Economic Outcast, he said many allies told him they’ll do “whatever is necessary” to choke off Iran’s economy.
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Steve Murphy@stevemurphy_dnAug 21
Exclusive reporting here, folks. Get access to this and more at subscribe.detroitnews.com/of….
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Carvana is now using its used car playbook with new cars, rapidly growing sales of new Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles. The company owns 7 CDJR dealers but has shipped cars to customers far more widely around the U.S., data shows: detroitnews.com/story/busine… via @detroitnews
Carvana ships new Jeeps, Rams to customers around U.S. | Exclusive

Carvana ships new Jeeps, Rams to customers around U.S. | Exclusive

The online auto retailer is shipping new Stellantis vehicles to customers far and wide, as competing dealers worry about the implications.

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From tariffs to workforce challenges, automotive suppliers are learning to navigate a new normal. Industry leaders Jill Dralle of Nexteer, Gary Grigowski of @Team1Plastics, and Mark White shared their insights into how to stay adaptable with @detroitnews' @DanielHowes_TDN. Read a recap of their discussion: bit.ly/43eZhkC #MPC26
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Tax breaks for tips, overtime, auto loans and seniors have been mostly claimed by people making less than $100,000, according to a Treasury analysis released Tuesday washingtonpost.com/business/…
Treasury Dept. says most filers claiming Trump tax breaks on tips, overtime made below $100,000

Treasury Dept. says most filers claiming Trump tax breaks on tips, overtime made below $100,000

Republicans are eager to tout the targeted tax breaks as voter sentiment about the economy sinks.

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"The hangover from L'Affaire Tavares lingers like the aftershocks of Russian beer. From Filosa and senior management to dealers, customers and line workers, ol' Tavares is the gift that keeps on giving." @DanielHowes_TDN column: detroitnews.com/story/opinio… via @detroitnews

Howes: Why workers aren't problem in Stellantis profit-sharing bust

This is the automaker that not too long ago was this town's most profitable, an earnings engine with brands envied by its peers.

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Howes: Detroit Three stomp gas on new Golden Age at auto show detroitnews.com/story/opinio… via @detroitnews ⁦@DanielHowes_TDN⁩
Howes: Detroit Three stomp gas on new Golden Age at auto show

Howes: Detroit Three stomp gas on new Golden Age at auto show

As much as auto show organizers deserve credit for injecting new energy into the event, a sense of reduced ambition from the hometown players looms.

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The News' senior business editor & columnist spoke with DTE Energy's CEO about its data center plans: detroitnews.com/story/busine… via @detroitnews @DanielHowes_TDN
Howes: AI, competition, speed drive Michigan's data center boom, DTE CEO says

Howes: AI, competition, speed drive Michigan's data center boom, DTE CEO says

The intensity around data centers in Michigan, from nervous rural residents to skeptical environmental groups, is not likely to abate anytime soon.

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UAW watchdog raises doubts about reform efforts at troubled union detroitnews.com/story/busine… via @detroitnews ⁦@robertsnellnews⁩ ⁦@lramseth⁩
UAW watchdog raises doubts about reform efforts at troubled union

UAW watchdog raises doubts about reform efforts at troubled union

A critical report raises questions about the UAW's willingness to emerge from a corruption scandal that sent scores of labor leaders to prison.

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Damn right —>> a pro.
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a pro’s pro. well-deserved, @DNBethLeBlanc⁩ 👏👏 Detroit News' LeBlanc wins SPJ prize for investigative reporting detroitnews.com/story/news/p… via @detroitnews
Detroit News' LeBlanc wins SPJ prize for investigative reporting

Detroit News' LeBlanc wins SPJ prize for investigative reporting

Beth LeBlanc's years-long reporting on a 2022 legislative earmark won the inaugural SPJ Detroit A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism.

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👀👀👀👀 news.gm.com/home.detail.html…
GM sees new vehicles and improving EV profitability driving continued growth

GM sees new vehicles and improving EV profitability driving continued growth

General Motors hosted Wall Street financial analysts at our flexible manufacturing site in Spring Hill, Tennessee to share our optimism about 2025.

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Michael Wayland (@MikeWayland) profile pictureMichael Wayland@MikeWayland26 Sep 2024
Whoever sold GM and Ford on doing blog posts that offer very little actual information instead of press releases, I despise you. I'm sure it's all about being "tech." Kind of like "mobility" before it, which worked out great ...
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When you own all three A1 bylines 👏 Kudos @jchambers_DN for the trifecta Read our impactful @detroitnews investigation into questions still haunting first responders after the Oxford attack — and why Oakland Co. sheriff has declined a formal review: tinyurl.com/mu9sns5k
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First reported by @detroitnews with an assist from @BreanaCNoble --> With production of the Chevy Malibu ending, long era ends for ol' Detroit sedans detroitnews.com/story/busine…
With production of the Chevy Malibu ending, long era ends for ol' Detroit sedans

With production of the Chevy Malibu ending, long era ends for ol' Detroit sedans

GM will halt production of the Chevrolet Malibu sedan this fall at its Fairfax plant in Kansas to prep for production of the new Chevrolet Bolt EV.

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A critical auto biz link imperiled —>> from TDN Autos’ @lramseth …
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"The Department's actions would disrupt seamless leisure and business travel between the U.S. and Mexico and would harm Michigan's economy," 11 members of state's congressional delegation wrote to Pete Buttigieg this week detroitnews.com/story/busine…
Delta warns of fewer Detroit-Mexico flights if feds end Aeromexico partnership

Delta warns of fewer Detroit-Mexico flights if feds end Aeromexico partnership

The airline says the routes that could end in the coming months would heavily impact Michigan's auto companies with production facilities in Mexico.

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Crashes litter freeways with parts of Michigan under winter weather advisory; up to 6 inches of snow expected detroitnews.com/story/news/l… via @detroitnews
Winter weather advisory to expire at midnight after spring storm covers region in snow

Winter weather advisory to expire at midnight after spring storm covers region in snow

A winter advisory is in effect from 6 a.m. Friday through midnight. Up to 7 inches of snow could fall in Saginaw, Bay and Midland counties.

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Attention Detroit Lions fans: reporting a column on what reaching the NFC Championship means to the city, how and why. DM me …
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Thanks to @nannburke's hustle, we got the U.S. House censuring @RepRashida in the final edition of tomorrow's front page. And we got @DNBethLeBlanc's dispatch on Gotion-related township board recalls inside. Plus a lot more news from @thompsoncarolk, @CraigDMauger, @JGrzelewski, @BreanaCNoble, @chengelis and others on the intrepid @detroitnews staff.
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BREAKING: Rep. @RashidaTlaib censured by U.S. House over remarks on Israel @nannburke with the latest updates on this rebuke of the Detroit Democrat: detroitnews.com/story/news/p… via @detroitnews
Rep. Rashida Tlaib censured by House over remarks on Israel

Rep. Rashida Tlaib censured by House over remarks on Israel

The Republican-led U.S. House voted Tuesday to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit over her remarks on the Israel-Hamas war.

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Finley: Two words Detroit 3 must say detroitnews.com/story/opinio… via @detroitnews
Finley: Two words Detroit 3 must say

Finley: Two words Detroit 3 must say

Strike won't settle as long as automakers keep sweeting their offers

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This is one of those days when you should stop at Kroger or Meijer and buy this newspaper and spend some time reading Part 1 of @thompsoncarolk’s important reporting on how climate change is impacting the Great Lakes. Read it online here: detroitnews.com/in-depth/new… – at Michigan, USA
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