Author: John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press

An analysis by consultant Anderson Economic Group estimated that the UAW strike was costing GM $25 million a day.

During the height of his career in the 1980s, Chrysler Corp. CEO Lee Iacocca was arguably the most popular business figure in the world.

Detroit alone, working with state officials, offered Amazon $4 billion to get the 50,000 new jobs and billions in investment that HQ2 could mean.