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On December 19, George W. Bush announced that he had approved the bailout plan, which would give loans of $17.4 billion to U.S. automakers GM and Chrysler, stating that under present economic conditions, "allowing the U.S. auto industry to collapse is not a responsible course of action."
Hyundai-Kia continued its rapid success in 2009, when only a year after overtaking Honda, it surpassed Ford Motor as the world's 4th largest automaker. [26] Hyundai-Kia's continued success was unusual at a time when most automakers saw their sales falling sharply, with leading automaker GM even filing for bankruptcy. Hyundai-Kia took ...
Based on an assessment that automobile manufacturing was a critical sector of the economy providing 3 to 4 million jobs for Americans, that liquidation was imminent for two of the three major U.S. automakers, and that the break ups would devastate the U.S. economy, the U.S. government became involved in the day-to-day management decisions of ...
Chinese automakers sell about 70% of the cars in the country, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association. As recently as five years ago, they had only 38% of the Chinese market ...
Under terms of a $17.4 billion bailout approved by President Bush on Friday, General Motors and Chrysler have three months to turn things around. If they don't, they have to repay the loans and ...
After adding an economic crisis to a financially unhealthy automaker, General Motors looked ready for collapse near the beginning of 2009. In response to the potential damage GM's collapse would ...
The U.S. Senate voted and strongly opposed any source of government assistance through a bailout bridge loan (originally worth $14 billion in emergency aid) which was aimed toward helping the struggling Big Three automakers financially, despite strong support from President George W. Bush and President-elect Barack Obama, along with some mild ...
AJ Mast/APFiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne MILAN and NEW YORK -- Italian carmaker Fiat has brought in a veteran of the 2009 U.S. auto sector bailout in a bid to break the deadlock in talks ...