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We're all banks now. Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- General Electric Co. said the U.S. government agreed to insure as much as $139 billion in debt for lending arm GE Capital Corp., the second time in a month it has turned to a federal program designed to help companies during a global credit crunch. ...
calculatedrisk.blogspot.com - 11/17/2008
GE, GM: Bailout News
— calculatedrisk.blogspot.com — The WSJ reports : GE says the government will guarantee new GE Capital debt (just headline now)... From Bloomberg: Frank's Plan Gives GM, Ford, Chrysler $25 Billion General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC would get $25 billion in ... (more) GE, GM: Bailout News

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