Private equity

It's a week of big announcements for Fisker Automotive, even though they skipped out on the Detroit Auto Show. First, the company signed a deal with A123 Systems for batteries for the plug-in hybrid Fisker ...

With all the speculation about the future of Chrysler and who might buy them, Ann Arbor News business columnist Rick Haglund has floated an interesting idea that I hadn't seen publicly uttered previously. How about Al Gore leading a takeover of the Auburn Hills group and turning it into the ...