Obama: They Said We Couldn’t Fast-Track Chrysler, Now I’m Doubling Down

By: emptywheel Monday June 1, 2009 10:20 am

Obama announces success with Chrysler, doubles down with GM.

GAO: Advanced Hybrids May Not Be Best Way for GM to Rebound

By: emptywheel Thursday April 23, 2009 1:15 pm

GAO says that advanced technology cars may not have the ROI GM needs to become profitable again.

No Wonder Bob Corker’s Trying to Play Politics with Spring Hill

By: emptywheel Tuesday April 14, 2009 11:23 am

Bob Corker has been cynically lying. He has been claiming that if GM’s Spring Hill plant is closed in bankruptcy, it will be the result of politics. But Corker undoubtedly knows that, one of the few things used as collateral for any of GM’s secured debt, Spring Hill will be one of the first things to be liquidated.

About those [Stress] Test Results

By: emptywheel Tuesday April 7, 2009 7:19 pm

The evidence mounts that Citi and Bank of America are so stressed they couldn’t make it through earnings season honestly.

Fire Ken Lewis for the $3 Billion in Merrill Lynch Bonuses

By: emptywheel Wednesday April 1, 2009 4:16 am

Ken Lewis let Merrill Lynch aware $3 billion dollars in bonuses just as Bank of America–with financial support of you and I–took over Merrill Lynch. Which, in itself, is reason why Lewis deserves to be fired at least as much as Rick Wagoner.

Bob Corker: “Bust the UAW Already, Obama!!!”

By: emptywheel Monday March 30, 2009 11:05 am

Bob Corker’s wailing up a storm because Obama hasn’t busted the UAW yet. And then he’s wailing up a storm to keep his UAW GM plant in TN.

Honda, Toyota, Fail More in December than Two of Three “Failed” US Carmakers

By: emptywheel Monday January 5, 2009 12:20 pm

As they were in November, December’s sales stunk. But some manufacturers didn’t stink as much as you’d think.

We Are All Banks Now

By: emptywheel Wednesday December 24, 2008 6:50 pm

The Fed just awarded GM’s finance arm bank status.

The No-Fail Business Model Fails

By: emptywheel Monday December 22, 2008 5:49 am

Remember how Bob Corker and Richard Shelby told you that GM had a failed business model, as compared to Toyota’s tremendously successful model? Then why is Toyota losing money?

Killing GM in the Guise of Saving It

By: emptywheel Tuesday December 16, 2008 5:56 am

It appears that the White House plans to do the same thing the Senate Republicans intended to do last week: put their anti-union ideology over any good faith efforts to do what makes sense for GM.

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