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The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 Rich Duprey |
An Auto Merger Car Wreck Proposals to unite GM and Chrysler are overpriced flights of fancy. |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Rich Duprey |
Detroit's Bailout Tab Keeps on Growing With the auto industry's bailout plans based on unreasonable assumptions and rosy predictions, it seems fated for sure-fire failure. But if any of these proposals pass muster, it is the taxpayer who will be doomed. |
The Motley Fool October 15, 2008 David Lee Smith |
GM and Chrysler Shouldn't Get Hitched Despite merger talks, the Big Three should not become the Big Two. |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2009 Rich Duprey |
GMAC Steers Taxpayers Wrong Uncle Sam has given them an inch, what's to prevent GM from taking a mile? |
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 David Welch |
For GM, Mortgages Are the Motor But how long can it rely on profits from its finance unit? |
The Motley Fool December 3, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Just Give Them the Money, Already Congress is putting up a front over handing the carmakers a bailout. Just get it over with. |
The Motley Fool December 12, 2008 Rich Duprey |
The Banks Beat You to It, Detroit Tough love from Uncle Sam may help automakers in the long run. |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2007 David Lee Smith |
A Growing Mess for GM With labor talks on the horizon, a 90% earnings drop may not be General Motors' biggest problem. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool June 8, 2005 David Meier |
What About GMAC? GM CEO Rick Wagoner needs to give GMAC some lifeboats. Do shareholders agree? |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 David Welch |
GM Is Losing Traction A couple of years ago, General Motors Corp. finally seemed to be getting its act together. But its turnaround is threatened by sliding market share, high retiree costs, and the specter of a "junk" credit rating. |
The Motley Fool May 1, 2009 Rich Duprey |
The Long and Short of the New Chrysler The promise of a quick, surgical bankruptcy may not come true. |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 Rich Duprey |
A Bailout by Any Other Name ... Despite the Big 3 automakers saying their request for a handout from the federal government isn't a bailout, what else can you call the $50 billion in loans they're requesting? |
The Motley Fool December 10, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Detroit's Dance With the Devil The bailout of the auto industry has ridden some rough road lately, and although a vote is possible in the House today, it's the nuts and bolts that may end up proving its undoing. |
The Motley Fool February 10, 2009 Rich Duprey |
An Out of Control Car Wreck Only six weeks ago, Toyota announced it would post its first operating loss in its 70-year history, and just last week revised those estimates to say those losses will triple. |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2008 Tim Hanson |
Satellite Radio: Too Big to Fail Could this be the next industry to get help from the federal government? |
BusinessWeek February 24, 2011 Welch & Campbell |
Why Ally Financial and GM, Once Family, Are Now Rivals Moving toward an IPO, Ally is shoring up its relations with dealers and drumming up new business as GM expands its financing efforts. |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2010 John Rosevear |
General Motors Still Owes You GM's ability and willingness to pay its debt now could well be a sign that GM's financial picture, believed to be looking up after a $4.3 billion post-bankruptcy loss in 2009, is solidly on track. Or, it could also be a sign of something else. |
The Motley Fool March 20, 2009 Rich Duprey |
New Bailout Bolted Onto Detroit's Suppliers The government will shuttle $5 billion in bailout money to auto parts companies that supply Detroit's automakers, on the grounds that these companies have shipped parts to General Motors and Chrysler, but have not yet gotten payment. |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Automakers Are Speeding South -- With Your Money The Big Three receive handouts from you and me, but people are buying fewer cars. |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2008 Rich Duprey |
No Equality in Bailout Automakers will never get the sweetheart deal that was given to Wall Street. |
The Motley Fool October 2, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Detroit Gets Its Cash Carmakers get their $25 billion handout. |
The Motley Fool February 24, 2009 Rich Duprey |
Detroit's Bankruptcy Event Horizon The vortex of Chapter 11 is pulling General Motors and Chrysler deeper within its hold, and it's only a matter of time before they reach the tipping point and succumb. |
The Motley Fool November 14, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
I Think We Just Got Mugged Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's recent comments about his shifting strategy for tackling the financial crisis have made many people wonder whether they're being robbed blind. |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2008 Rich Duprey |
A New Assembly Line in Washington U.S. carmakers renew their case for loans. But should they get them? |
The Motley Fool December 4, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Paulson: Taxpayers Should Bail Out Subprime The Treasury Secretary thinks that American taxpayers should clean up the housing mess his Wall Street buddies made. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2005 David Meier |
GM: A Crumbling Rock? The automaker's car business needs a major overhaul, and it may be too late. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Have Detroit's Bailout Notions Been Quashed? Recent moves by the federal government may not be good news for Detroit automakers. |
The Motley Fool January 23, 2009 Rich Duprey |
Toyota's Crowning Achievement The Japanese carmaker topples GM as world's biggest, but the title lacks any significance these days. |
The Motley Fool May 14, 2010 John Rosevear |
This Week in Autos Will your next car be a CrackBerry addict? |
U.S. Banker June 2004 Matthew de Paula |
Consumer Banking: Drive Away with a Loan! Toyota and General Motors are among a growing number of auto manufacturers setting up banks in the U.S. to expand their finance arms. |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2010 John Rosevear |
Is General Motors Rushing Its IPO? Despite less-than-ideal timing, GM seems determined to go public ASAP. Why? |
BusinessWeek October 15, 2007 Dawn Kopecki |
Subprime Woes At Cerberus Cerberus bit off a big hunk of risky loans when it bought GMAC. |
The Motley Fool May 29, 2009 Rich Duprey |
General Motors' Word Not Its Bond If there's one takeaway from the sad demise of GM, it's a re-evaluation of how bondholder rights are treated. Investors are going to think long and hard about whether corporate bonds offer the protection they're seeking if there's no security in being a "secured bondholder." |
The Motley Fool October 17, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
New Tune, Same Old GM A tentative deal to reduce costs may not help the auto maker much -- or its stock. |
The Motley Fool February 6, 2009 Rich Duprey |
Detroit's Frosty New Year January sales figures portend a dismal 2009 for the Big Three automobile makers. |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2010 John Rosevear |
Will General Motors Ever Pay Us Back? The upcoming IPO won't do it. Is there any hope? |
BusinessWeek August 5, 2010 Green & Welch |
Did Obama Save Detroit? The President makes the case that the $59 billion bailout saved the industry. Republicans and many voters say the rescue was misguided. |
The Motley Fool March 6, 2009 Rich Duprey |
Ford May Be Last Man Standing The carmaker's decision to swear off government help may be what ends up saving it. |
The Motley Fool March 6, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Bailout Ben's Bogus Brainstorm The Fed chairman would like to up the federal role, and use your money, to solve housing's woes. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Sullum et al. |
Illegal. Illiberal. Ill-Fated.: Why Washington Shouldn't Run Detroit On March 30, 2009, the president of the United States told an anxious nation: "Let me be clear: The United States government has no interest in running G.M." If only he were telling the truth. |
The Motley Fool April 26, 2010 Rich Smith |
Pay Up, GM. Then Get Lost. When GM goes public, the U.S. should sell to anyone who's buying and return the money to taxpayers. |
BusinessWeek April 16, 2009 David Welch |
Going Green Could Add to GM, Chrysler's Red One of the Obama Administration's key requirements for keeping General Motors and Chrysler alive is that both companies cut their debt drastically. And yet, the Energy Dept. is gearing up to lend them billions more. |
The Motley Fool September 3, 2010 John Rosevear |
Autos Weekly: GM's New Anxiety New details emerge on GM's plan for going public. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2010 John Rosevear |
Is General Motors Worth Buying? The iconic automaker's IPO looms. Should you care? |
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010 Roben Farzad et al. |
GM's IPO May Require Hefty Incentives The initial public offering of recently bankrupt and nationalized General Motors looks to be one of the trickiest deals in memory. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2009 John Rosevear |
General Motors: Still a Loser It's a brand-new world. But it looks like the same old GM. |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2010 Surojit Chatterjee |
GM Readies for IPO After Rebuilding Itself But will consumers see the automaker differently? |
The Motley Fool November 13, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Wall Street's Land of Make Believe Amex is the latest financial company to try to stretch the line between reality and fantasy. |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2010 John Rosevear |
It's Time to Take General Motors Seriously Laugh while you can, skeptics. There might be a real business here. |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 David Welch |
Autos: Those Price Breaks Are Habit-Forming Detroit's incentives may be here to stay, and now Japan is sweetening its deals, too |