David Markin, an avid tennis player who had played earlier this year, died Thursday morning in Florida at age 82 after complications from an illness that set in about five weeks earlier. Markin was an ...

KALAMAZOO -- Checker Motors Corp. management and representatives of its labor union will restart negotiations Monday and bring in a federal mediator on Tuesday, a union official said late Wednesday.

A niche automaker focused predominantly on the production of cost-effective, durable taxicabs, the Checker Motors Corporation was best known for now-iconic models such as the Marathon. The Marathon ...

Jan 20 (Reuters) - Auto-parts supplier Checker Motors Corp, which used to make the iconic Checker taxi cab, filed for bankruptcy protection, citing high labor and raw material costs, as well as weak ...