forbes.com - 4/1/2009
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Chrysler workers were critical Monday of President Barack Obama's rejection of automaker turnaround plans and looked to a proposed Chrysler partnership with Italy's Fiat SpA as their company's last chance to survive the industry downturn. "Right now it looks like our only hope," 37-year-old ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 3/31/2009
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It’s taken me all the way until the
end of the day to actually digest the day’s...
big story—the Obama administration’s new auto industry plan . The first thing to say about this is that unlike a lot of other things that have raised ...
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The Obama Auto Plan
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WH Advisory Board Member: Confident In Obama, Worried About Wall Street Influence
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The remarks came just days before criticism arose over the president's seemingly harder line when it came to administering the automotive industry bailout as opposed to that for the financial sector. Asked on Wednesday if Trumka saw a double standard in the White House forcing GM CEO Rick Wagoner to resign while letting bank CEOs stay in place, an AFL-CIO official referred the Huffington Post to statements made by the United Autoworkers Union, which were critical of the administration. ...
WH Advisory Board Member: Confident In Obama, Worried About Wall Street Influence
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... The remarks came just days before criticism arose over the president's seemingly harder line when it came to administering the automotive industry bailout as opposed to that for the financial sector. Asked on Wednesday if Trumka saw a double standard in the White House forcing GM CEO Rick Wagoner to resign while letting bank CEOs stay in place, an AFL-CIO official referred the Huffington Post to statements made by the United Autoworkers Union, which were critical of the administration. ...
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