Mitt Romney

Lutz supports Romney despite opposition to GM bailout

1:53 pm U.S. ET | June 14, 2012
Even though Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney opposed the government bailout of General Motors, he still has won the support of one of the automaker's former top executives.... Read More »

 

Romney vows to sell U.S. stake in GM promptly

4:33 pm U.S. ET | June 5, 2012
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, plans to quickly dispose of the federal government's remaining stake in GM, even at a loss, if he wins the November election. Romney, a frequent critic of the U.S. government's rescue of the auto industry, told The Detroit News in an interview that he would also review the Obama administration's plan to hike fuel economy targets to 54.5 mpg by 2025.... Read More »

 

MIKE JACKSON

Private equity was good for Obama -- why not Romney?

12:01 am U.S. ET | June 4, 2012
Private equity principles turned around General Motors and Chrysler, so why aren't they good enough for Mitt Romney and Bain Capital? The irony of this presidential campaign fight about private equity just blows my mind Mike Jackson is CEO of AutoNation in Fort Lauderale, Fla.... Read More »

 

Romney's role at failed Bain-owned supplier challenged

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 26, 2012
Defunct auto supplier Cambridge Industries got ensnared in the Obama campaign's recent attacks on Republican Mitt Romney over his time at Bain Capital. And while Bain, the investment firm Romney helped create in the 1980s, was the majority shareholder in the company, a top executive at Cambridge at the time said he never met Romney. “Mitt Romney wasn't even there,” said Donald Campion, then Cambridge CFO, in an interview Friday.... Read More »

 

Defunct auto supplier latest focus of Obama-Romney battle

4:23 pm U.S. ET | May 23, 2012
The Obama campaign continued its assault on Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital today, as it said the investment firm that Romney founded was responsible for laying off nearly 1,000 employees at a now-defunct Michigan auto supplier.... Read More »