Category Archives: Big Three Automakers - Page 2

UPDATED: Here’s a tip for President Obama: Next time you excoriate tax cheats, try to keep Rep. Charles Rangel’s name out of the discussion. UPDATE:Judge Okays Chrysler Deal, Despite Fact It’s Unconstitutional ‘n Stuff; Obama Official Admits $7.5 Billion in “Loans” to Chrysler Will Never Be Paid Back

Somehow, it doesn’t further your case.  —  Yet that’s precisely what Obama did Monday, singling out the powerful Harlem congressman … Chrysler won’t repay bailout money An Obama administration official confirmed Tuesday that Chrysler won’t be repaying the loans, though …

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UNION THUGS: Chrysler Lenders Seek Secrecy, Citing Death Threats

Chrysler Lenders Seek Secrecy, Citing Death Threats. A group of lenders to troubled automaker Chrysler asked a bankruptcy court judge Tuesday to keep their identities secret, saying they could face “public attack” and “threats to their safety.” The petition was …

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The UAW Is About To Become One Of The Biggest Automakers

The UAW Is About To Become One Of The Biggest Automakers. The United Auto Workers union’s retiree health-care fund will own 55 percent of Chrysler LLC in exchange for cutting in half the automaker’s $10.6 billion cash obligation to the …

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You Are Joking Right: Obama Has No ‘Rookie Jitters,’ Is ‘Extraordinarily at Ease’ as President | NewsBusters.org

AP Barf Alert: Obama Has No ‘Rookie Jitters,’ Is ‘Extraordinarily at Ease’ as President | NewsBusters.org. It didn’t take long for Barack Obama — for all his youth and inexperience — to get acclimated to his new role as the …

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We Should Be Talking About This:Ford posts $1.4 billion 1Q loss, burns less cash..doesn’t need taxpayer bailout

Ford posts $1.4 billion 1Q loss, burns less cash. Chief Financial Officer Lewis Booth said the company is confident that it will slow the drain on its cash even further this year, and he said Ford will make it through …

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GM to shut most US plants up to 9 weeks ..Thousands of workers could be laid off but would still get most of their pay UAW contract requires the company to make up much of the difference between unemployment benefits and their wages

Sources: GM to shut most US plants up to 9 weeks – Yahoo! Finance. General Motors Corp. is planning to temporarily close most of its U.S. factories for up to nine weeks this summer because of slumping sales and growing …

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POLS GONE WILD

POLS GONE WILD: *PAPER: Senator’s husband cashes in on crisis; Feinstein sought $25B for agency… *TARP INSPECTOR GENERAL WARNS OF ‘CATASTROPHIC FRAUD’ POTENTIAL… *Key Dem Said to Have Agreed to Aid Lobbyists; NSA intercepted talk… *Murtha’s Defense Earmarks Draw Questions… …

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U.S. to give Chrysler, GM new aid

U.S. to give Chrysler, GM new aid. A few days ago GM looked headed for “surgical” bankruptcy. Apparently, not anymore: According to the Reuters, “The Obama administration will make about $500 million available to Chrysler LLC through the end of …

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In today’s You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me moment: Sesno Bashes Fox’s Tea Party Coverage, Defends Olbermann and Roesgen

Sesno Bashes Fox’s Tea Party Coverage, Defends Olbermann and Roesgen | NewsBusters.org. Let’s start with the scolding of Fox News: It’s fine from a First Amendment point of view. They’ve got that right. It’s not fine from a journalistic point …

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Hot Air » Axelrod: The tea-party movement could be “unhealthy”

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Axelrod: The tea-party movement could be “unhealthy”. No surprise that the master of astroturfing would find a true grassroots movement distasteful. To be scrupulously fair, it’s not the parties themselves that he’s calling “unhealthy” …

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Figures on government spending and debt – Yahoo Finance

Figures on government spending and debt – Yahoo Finance. Total public debt subject to limit April 16 11,125,587 Statutory debt limit 12,104,000 Total public debt outstanding April 16 11,183,899 Operating balance April 16 257,351 Interest fiscal year 2009 thru February …

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Hot Air » Auto czar to banks: Lose it all on Chrysler

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Auto czar to banks: Lose it all on Chrysler. At a meeting with executives from four of the nation’s largest banks earlier this month, the chief of the government’s auto task force, Steven Rattner, …

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Obama car czar linked to alleged kickback scheme

Michelle Malkin » Obama car czar linked to alleged kickback scheme. Steven Rattner, the leader of the Obama administration’s auto task force, was one of the executives involved with payments under scrutiny in a probe of an alleged kickback scheme …

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Chicago Tax Day Tea Party Pictures : Founding Bloggers

BREAKING Chicago Tax Day Tea Party Pictures : Founding Bloggers. Check out all the pictures!  I loved this sign: Nice job Chicago and great coverage from Founding Bloggers

GOVERNOR SAYS TEXAS CAN LEAVE THE UNION IF IT WANTS

Perry fires up anti-tax crowd. Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up an anti-tax “tea party” Wednesday with his stance against the federal government and for states’ rights as some in his U.S. flag-waving audience shouted, “Secede!” An animated Perry told …

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