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biz.yahoo.com - 11/7/2008
GM Reports Third Quarter Financial Results: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
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DETROIT, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- -- Unprecedented economic and credit market turmoil dramatically impacts auto industry and GM results -- Market volatility results in $1.5 billion in non-cash charges for commodity and currency hedging -- Company anticipates soft U.S. market for remainder of 2008 ...

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Calculated Risk:  GM: Liquidity to "fall significantly short" of necessary minimum in 2009

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adn.com - 11/14/2008
2008 Alaska general election results: Election results
— adn.com — Jump to: U.S. Senate | U.S. House | State Senate | State House President 438 of 438 precincts reporting | Last update: 11/14/2008 4:30 pm | National Presidential results U.S. Senate 438 of 438 precincts reporting | Last update: 11/14/2008 4:30 pm | ... (more) 2008 Alaska general election results: Election results

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huffingtonpost.com - 11/10/2008
DHL Closing US Service Centers, Cutting 9,500 Jobs
— huffingtonpost.com — ATLANTA — In a move that could greatly scale back a possible venture between UPS and Deutsche Post's DHL, the German company said Monday it will significantly reduce its air and ground operations in the U.S. and cut 9,500 jobs within the country. The DHL-UPS deal was expected to last ... (more) DHL Closing US Service Centers, Cutting 9,500 Jobs

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GM: Liquidity to "fall significantly short" of necessary minimum in 2009
Calculated Risk — Press Release: Even if GM implements the planned operating actions that are substantially within its control, GM's estimated liquidity during the remainder of 2008 will approach the minimum amount necessary to operate its business. Looking into the first two quarters of 2009, even with its planned actions, the company's estimated liquidity will fall significantly short of that amount unless economic and automotive industry conditions significantly improve, it receives substantial proceeds from asset sales, takes more ...

The Dying Auto Industry: Should We Save It?
Firedoglake — ... While we've all been distracted by the election, the American auto companies (and, to a lesser extent, the auto industry more generally) has been brought to the edge of collapse. I'm going to do a few posts on why that happened (CW oversimplifies the issue dramatically), what to do about it, and--in this post--whether we should save it. ...

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