Automakers

Political CON-ventions

AIG sank $1.5 million into the Democratic and Republican conventions and reaped $150 billion in tax dollars in return. Isn’t that far worse than Gov. Rod “I want money” Blagojevich and his penny-ante crimes?

December 11, 2008 | Read More

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Detroit’s Dirty Secret: Automakers Are Making Money

Contrary to popular opinion, Ford, GM, and Chrysler actually know how to build damn good cars that sell quite well. They just don’t do it here.

December 9, 2008 | Read More

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Uncle Sam To GM: All I Got Is $25 Billion

Hank Paulson has apparently decided that General Motors - one of the biggest corporations on the planet, which employees 200,000 and provides health care and pensions to a million Americans - is not ‘too big too fail.’ But don’t feel too sorry for the behemoth multinational. It looks like Uncle Sam has found a way to toss a couple dozen billion its way after all.

November 3, 2008 | Read More

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