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 Jobless Cling 
 to Their Faith 
 in Detroit 

Religions offer
comfort as jobless
face pain, hunger

May 31, 09 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of Detroit's jobless are coping with fear and desperation by falling back on faith, the Detroit Free Press reports. Houses of worship are increasingly fielding calls from people seeking jobs, food, and housing—but above all, congregants say, they find comfort. "When the tension comes and the pressure... More »

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layoffs • Detroit • religion • God • church • faith • auto industry • economic crisis

(Newser) - As Detroit reels from the automotive crisis, a much-needed emotional uplift is coming from a dependable source: the Red Wings, currently in the Stanley Cup finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins. We “are one of the good stories that are coming out of Detroit right now,” a Red Wings... More »

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Pittsburgh Penguins • Detroit • Detroit Red Wings • hockey • recession • Stanley Cup • auto industry

(Newser) - General Motors will appoint Al Koch as chief restructuring officer when the company files for bankruptcy tomorrow at 8am, the Wall Street Journal reports. A managing director at an advisory firm, 67-year-old Koch has attended GM management meetings for months and helped negotiate pre-bankruptcy deals with shareholders and lenders. He... More »

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bankruptcy • General Motors • auto industry • Chapter 11

 GM Bondholders OK 
 Debt-for-Equity Plan in Vote 

Vote paves way to bankruptcy filing tomorrow morning

May 31, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - GM bondholders voted yesterday to forgive $27 million in debt for equity in the restructured automaker, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move opens the door for a bankruptcy filing tomorrow morning, the New York Times notes. The Treasury Department was in charge of deciding whether enough bondholders backed the... More »

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bankruptcy • General Motors • debt • equity • auto industry • bondholder

OPINION

 We Fell Out of Love With Cars 


May 30, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Plenty of economists are trying to define what killed Detroit, but they’re looking in all the wrong places. “Fire the MBAs and hire a poet,” writes PJ O’Rourke in the Wall Street Journal. This isn’t a story of unions or financial crisis. “It’... More »

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auto industry • P.J. O'Rourke • cars • automobile

(AP) - United Auto Workers members have ratified a package of concessions designed to reduce General Motors' labor costs. Union president Ron Gettelfinger said today 74% of GM's production and skilled-trade workers voted in favor. The vote comes before the company's expected Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing Monday. Bankruptcy experts say having... More »

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United Auto Workers • bankruptcy • General Motors • labor • union • labor unions • trade unions • auto industry • Ron Gettelfinger • Big Three • UAW

GM's Opel, Vauxhall Get a Shot at Survival

Canadian firm wants to buy brands, but deal needs German help

May 29, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Canadian auto supplier Magna wants to buy GM’s European brands, offering Opel and Vauxhall a chance at survival, the Wall Street Journal reports. A deal for Opel would need temporary German funding. Angela Merkel’s government is debating putting up some $2 billion—but wants GM and the US... More »

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Angela Merkel • Magna International Inc. • Germany • General Motors • Treasury Department • auto industry • Opel • Vauxhall

Fiat Pulls Out of German Talks to
Buy GM Arm

Prospective Opel buyer balks at new request for bridge funding

May 29, 09 5:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fiat is boycotting talks in Germany today to acquire Opel, the European arm of General Motors, blasting GM for withholding financial information necessary for due diligence and balking at a new request for emergency funding. Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has taken part in days of negotiations with GM and German... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • General Motors • auto industry • Fiat • Opel • Sergio Marchionne

(Newser) - General Motors will file for bankruptcy protection Monday, insiders tell Bloomberg. The company has apparently decided that it cannot make the government-mandated June 1 deadline to shed $44 billion in debt. The timeline is unclear, but bondholders' agreement today to forgive debts in exchange for a stake in the “... More »

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Chrysler • General Motors • debt • recession • Treasury Department • Chevrolet • auto industry • Cadillac • bankruptcy protection • bondholder

(AP) - General Motors says not enough of its bondholders agreed to swap their debt for company stock, meaning the troubled automaker is almost certainly headed for bankruptcy protection. GM has until Monday to finish restructuring or file for bankruptcy. But the company said today that its offer to exchange $27 billion... More »

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bankruptcy • General Motors • negotiations • auto industry • Chapter 11 • financial crisis • creditor

(Newser) - If General Motors goes into bankruptcy next Monday—as is widely expected—the US government will own 70% of the automaker, the New York Times reports. Under a plan that GM officials detailed today to union members, the UAW would take a 17.5% stake though its health care... More »

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United Auto Workers • General Motors • Treasury Department • Chevrolet • auto industry • Obama administration • President Obama • bankruptcy protection • UAW

Would-Be Car-Battery Kings Jostle Over $2.4B From Feds

States seek to become lithium-ion capital of US

May 26, 09 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 165 companies and states are battling for a $2.4 billion Obama administration grant aimed at making the US a leader in electric-car batteries, the Wall Street Journal reports. General Motors, Dow Chemical, and General Electric are among the firms vying for the money; states like Michigan, Kentucky, and... More »

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energy • General Motors • General Electric • Kentucky • Massachusetts • Michigan • funding • auto industry • grants • lithium ion batteries • Dow Chemical Co. • Department of Energy • Obama administration

GM Bankruptcy a Gold Rush ... for Lawyers

Most complex filing ever will net hundreds of millions in legal fees

May 26, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - GM's expected bankruptcy is bad news for thousands of auto workers, dealers and managers—but a bonanza for the lawyers and consultants orchestrating the most complicated Chapter 11 in history. Bankruptcy specialists who are already billing Chrysler, Lehman Brothers and the US government stand to make hundreds of millions of... More »

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Chrysler • bankruptcy • General Motors • Detroit • Lehman Brothers • lawyer • auto industry • Chapter 11 • U.S. Bankruptcy Court

GM Borrows Another $4B From Feds

Company to cut 3,400 more white-collar jobs amid restructuring

May 23, 09 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - General Motors has borrowed another $4 billion from the Treasury ahead of its June 1 deadline to restructure or face bankruptcy, the Wall Street Journal reports. A statement from the automakers said the loan, which brings the total borrowed to nearly $20 billion, is "to maintain adequate liquidity" during... More »

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General Motors • Treasury Department • restructuring • auto industry • auto bailout

 Ford Courts 
 GM, Chrysler 
 Customers 

Helps pay off their loans, trains dealers in 'conquests'

May 22, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - With General Motors and Chrysler struggling, Ford is moving to pick off some of its rivals’ customers, the Detroit News reports. The firm is passing cash to its dealers to ease Chrysler owners’ loan payments—so they can pick up Fords. Ford may soon do the same for GM owners.... More »

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Chrysler • General Motors • Detroit • automaker • Ford • auto industry • Big Three

 Feds to Send GM 
 Into Bankruptcy 

Rejection of survival plan means GM may go into bankruptcy as Chrysler emerges

May 22, 09 2:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is preparing to steer General Motors into bankruptcy next week, sources tell the Washington Post. The restructuring plan, which aims to shrink GM and turn it into a globally competitive automaker, will bring the company an extra $30 billion in federal loans, for a total of $45... More »

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Chrysler • bankruptcy • General Motors • auto industry • Obama administration • UAW

Analysis

With Emissions Plan, Obama Swings for the Fences


May 19, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The new, strict and streamlined national fuel efficiency standard President Obama will announce today could be a victory on three fronts, the Climate Change argues in a piece running on the New York Times web site. Obama will boost his climate change cred, help floundering automakers, and resolve the... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • California • fuel efficiency • CAFE standards • auto industry • Obama administration

Obama Will Streamline Emissions, Fuel Rules for Autos

Federal standard replaces patchwork

May 18, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will announce plans for new national automobile fuel-economy and emissions standards tomorrow, overhauling and streamlining the current patchwork, sources tell Politico. The move will harmonize the CAFE standard and the EPA’s greenhouse-gas standard, so that struggling automakers needn’t fear the regulations moving independently. The announcement will... More »

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Barack Obama • greenhouse gases • vehicle emissions • CAFE standards • auto industry • fuel economy standards • emissions standards • EPA • Obama administration • President Obama

 Dealer Cuts Mean Deals 
 on Chrysler, GM Cars 

Closing dealership networks have just weeks to move massive inventory

May 18, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(AP) - At 789 Chrysler lots across America sit 44,000 potential bargains, cars and trucks that are stuck between shellshocked dealers and a troubled company that no longer wants their services. The dealers have just a few weeks to sell the Chryslers, Dodges, and Jeeps or risk losing thousands of dollars... More »

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Chrysler • Japan • General Motors • United States • auto industry • inventory

 Chrysler Woos 
 Current Owners 
 With $1K Coupons  

Company hopes to help sales

May 15, 09 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to boost sales, bankrupt Chrysler is planning to send $1,000 coupons to all its current customers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The certificates, good toward the purchase of any new Chrysler vehicle, will be mailed in the next month or so with a letter from CEO... More »

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Chrysler • Robert Nardelli • auto industry • coupons • bankruptcy protection • Jay-ZTV

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