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The Chinese auto show and the American auto show overlap this year, and they are certainly competing over the industry spotlight. Paul Eisenstein, publisher of The Detroit Bureau.com, is at the New York show this week.

Ronni Liberman of the Sierra Club reviews this new film about a widowed President who falls in love with an environmental lobbyist.

We’re following the news about Ford having made nearly $1 billion in its third quarter: the first profitable quarter from North American sales since the first quarter of 2005. Ford now says it now expects to be “solidly profitable” by 2011.

After four straight months of rising sales on the housing front, those numbers slipped downwards in August. From an economist’s point of view, the economy is having bumps as it rebounds. But what’s the story on your block? Listeners gave us their reports.

Toyota Motor Corp. warns that it will post an operating loss for the first time in its history. Garel Rhys joins The Takeaway to discuss the future of Toyota and what it means for the U.S. auto industry.