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Chrysler-Fiat Product Sharing Details Emerge
Industry publication Automotive News reported this week on the tentative plans that Chrysler and Fiat have for sharing products in the venture that the companies announced last...
On-Again, Off-Again GM-Chrysler Merger Talks Are On Again
The Wall Street Journal reported today that the merger talks between GM and Chrysler - which have been publicly acknowledged at least three times by my count - have again...
White House Signals that TARP Money Might Be Used for Bailout
By Chris Haak 12.12.2008 President Bush, probably (and fortunately) eager to avoid the black eye on his administration's legacy should GM and Chrysler declare bankruptcy and...
Detroit Bailout Dies in the Senate
In the face of Senate Republican opposition, the $14 billion auto industry aid bill that passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday has died. The biggest concerns raised...
What is Richard Shelby’s Problem?
With word that the US House of Representatives has passed an auto industry rescue bill last night, the next step, of course, is to have the same bill passed by the Senate. As...
WSJ Reports That Chrysler Hires Bankruptcy Firm Jones Day
By Chris Haak 12.05.2008 With the congressional hearings on auto industry assistance still in progress, I happened to walk past a TV today that had CNBC on, and the crawl at the...
Chrysler Submits Business Plan to Congress
By Chris Haak 12.03.2008 The smallest of the formerly Big Three submitted its "detailed business plan" last to Congress, with word going out via e-mail to journalists just...
Detroit Auto Show Becomes Even More Subdued; However, Chinese Will Spice Things
Since we last reported on automakers pulling out of the January 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, there has been even more bad news for the show. As of the...
Why the Financial Crisis Isn’t All Bad News
By Chris Haak 10.10.2008 Amid the doom and gloom on Wall Street - such as seven straight days of huge losses, putting the Dow Jones Industrial Average close to where it was more...