apnews.excite.com - 12/20/2008
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TORONTO (AP) - The federal and Ontario governments have announced a 4 billion Canadian dollars ($3.29 billion) bailout package for the Canadian subsidiaries of the Detroit Three automakers. The announcement follows a pledge Friday by President George W. Bush to offer $17.4 billion in emergency ...
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Canada offers $3.29 billion in loans Detroit Three
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... loans to General Motors Corp. (GM) (GM) and Chrysler LLC. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says his province will provide 1.3 billion Canadian dollars ($1.07 billion), with the rest provided by Ottawa for a total of 4 billion Canadian dollars in renewable loans payable to the Canadian subsidiaries. Harper, however, says that today's announcement "is not a blank check" for the industry, suggesting both the companies and their employers will have to make concessions. Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20081220/D956HU281.htm...
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Daily Kos —
... that he is - again - dead wrong. Why does talk of "consensus" always mean agreeing with the likes of Joe Lieberman and John McCain, and not them agreeing with us? -- kos According to the Anchorage Daily News, Sherri Johnston's (soon to be grandmother of Bristol Palin's baby) arrest was Oxy-Contin related. I wonder if they'll throw the book at her the way they did Rush Limbaugh? Canada has offered the Big Three a $3.29 billion loan. A recent study shows young Americans are watching less TV, ...
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'Drill, baby, drill' process has begun —
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As the price of gas surged past $4 a gallon this summer, U.S. drilling became a hot political issue.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Remember "drill, baby drill"? In its last weeks in office, the Bush administration is starting to make it happen by ...
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