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...exile, fearing persecution after her book was published. DIED. BILLY DAVIS, 72, singer-songwriter turned advertising executive best known for writing the '70s corporate anthem I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke; after a long illness; in New Rochelle, New York. Under the name Tyran Carlo, the Detroit native wrote R&B hits for Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and James Brown in the 1950s and '60s. In 1968 he moved to New York City to join the McCann Erickson ad agency, where he came up with the 1971 Coke theme song, which later became a pop hit. DIED...
...advice. A few weeks later, a letter urging Gilles to attend design school arrived from K. Neil Walling, then Chrysler's design chief. Following a stint at an engineering college in Montreal, where Gilles says he spent too much time "drawing cars in class," he eventually enrolled in Detroit's College for Creative Studies...
...sister cars. The company is the king of one-hit wonders; its PT Cruiser won critical accolades, but Chrysler failed to capitalize with related models. The firm's loss of its innovation lead in minivans to Honda and Toyota is a legendary tale of Detroit arrogance. Chrysler's operating results have fluctuated sharply in recent years, leaving Wall Street skeptical that the firm's latest plan to introduce 25 new vehicles over three years will generate consistent profit growth. Chrysler executives say revenues from pricier vehicles, such as new Town & Country minivans equipped with seats that fold into the floor...
...much of the past month a fight has been raging in news reports and over the Internet about the behavior of 14 male Middle Eastern passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 327 from Detroit to Los Angeles. Were the men terrorists casing the plane for a possible attack, as freelance journalist Annie Jacobsen suspected in a long article about the incident? Or were they, as the men said and federal investigators later concluded, a Syrian band on their...
...luxury-brand companies' dragnets are pulling in folks who don't fit the usual criminal profile. In March, three women in suburban Detroit were arrested for selling fake Vuitton, Gucci and Burberry bags at posh purse parties...