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2 named to Chrysler board; 3 resign
Kidder and Stuart were among the board members appointed by the US Treasury in June 2009 when Chrysler emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Gosbee was appointed to Chrysler's board by the governments of Canada and Ontario. At the time, Chrysler owed
Updated: 09/07/2011 02:06A
GM's stock gets top ranking
Post-bankruptcy GM is shunning debt and holding onto cash, saying it will decide what to do with some of its $33.8-billion hoard once the economic environment stabilizes. Any payment to its pension fund or as a shareholder dividend would come only if
Updated: 09/07/2011 02:04A
First Black Woman Appointed to Sixth Circuit
She was the first African-American woman to be elected as a judge in Tennessee, serve on the federal bankruptcy court and sit as a US district judge in her state. The Cincinnati-based court serves Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.
Updated: 09/07/2011 01:42A
In Eurozone, banking fear feeds on itself
As Europe struggles to contain its government debt crisis, the greatest fear is that one of the Continent's major banks may fail, setting off a financial panic like the one sparked by Lehman's bankruptcy in September 2008.
Updated: 09/07/2011 01:42A
Bankruptcy for Solyndra. Is it China's fault?
AP Photo/File By Doug Palmer, Reuters / September 7, 2011 Senior US Democrats urged the Obama administration and Congress to take action againt Chinese trade policies they said are unfairly hurting America's environmental technology sector and making
Updated: 09/07/2011 01:34A
George Soros Says This Crisis Is Worse Than Lehman's
As Europe struggles to contain its government debt crisis, the greatest fear is that one of the Continent's major banks may fail, setting off a financial panic like the one sparked by Lehman's bankruptcy in September 2008. But questions continue to
Updated: 09/07/2011 01:31A
KEENE: Obama blows another billion on green fantasies
This would seem to be a lot of money to generate very few jobs at a time when the nation is on the verge of bankruptcy, but the project really isn't about jobs. It's the latest in the administration's attempt to turn us away from dependence on fossil
Updated: 09/07/2011 01:22A
Some Omaha-Area Improvement Districts Don't Recoil From Chap. 9
These places are small, and that doesn't mean that investors aren't affected, but we don't traffic in those kinds of bonds.” Of the 843 districts that have been created, more than 550 have been successful enough to have been annexed by Omaha or a
Updated: 09/07/2011 01:20A
Netflix Quitters Turning to Blockbuster Streaming?
Its streaming service will launch in October in an attempt to nab people who are upset with Netflix's recent price hike, unnamed sources told Bloomberg. Dish Network, which purchased most of Blockbuster's assets after the rental giant filed for
Updated: 09/07/2011 01:13A
Borders is sued over layoffs
An employee laid off by Borders Group Inc. has filed a long-shot lawsuit claiming workers at the bookseller's Ann Arbor headquarters weren't given enough warning that the company was liquidating and that they would lose their jobs. At the same time,
Updated: 09/07/2011 01:10A
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