Tag Archives: bankruptcy

Wiped off the map

Posted by Paul Regan at 10:16 am on Friday May 22, 2009
Chrysler dealers facing the axe

Here’s an ominous observation we stumbled across on the New York Times website – want to have a stab at what all those map points are for?

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Bankrupt Chrysler signs Fiat deal

Posted by Paul Horrell at 5:01 pm on Thursday April 30, 2009
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Chrysler is bankrupt. To a British ear that sounds pretty stark, but in the US it means something rather different – ‘chapter 11 bankruptcy‘. It will keep operating, but it will be able to fend off its creditors and try to renegotiate its debts.

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GM: dead within weeks?

Posted by Paul Horrell at 3:27 am on Wednesday November 19, 2008
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This week it looks like we’ll see whether the American car industry will be thrown a lifeline. GM, Ford and Chrysler want $25billion in soft loans. If Congress doesn’t agree to hand over the dough immediately, GM will very possibly go insolvent in early January. And shut down. Holy cow. Think of the consequences.

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