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Analysis: Bush hands car keys off to Obama (AP)

 
AP - President George W. Bush's $17 billion lifeline to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC means neither company will perish while he occupies the White House, yet leaves the ultimate fate of the once-proud auto industry up to the incoming Obama administration. (link)

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