But there is GOOD News: The government's new road map for General Motors would briefly send it into bankruptcy, erase most of its debt and eventually have it emerge leaner and stronger - and almost three-quarters owned by the taxpayers...
The U.S. government is pouring billions into General Motors in hopes of reviving the domestic economy, but when the automaker completes its restructuring plan, many of the company's new jobs will be filled by workers overseas.
Ford Motor lost $14.6 billion in 2008, its worst annual performance in 105 years, as the U.S. auto market collapsed in the fourth quarter. But the company is sticking to its plan to not ask for U.S. Treasury loans, counter to what rivals General Motors and Chrysler are doing to cope with historic losses....