Showing posts with label obama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label obama. Show all posts

30.3.09

Obama extends short federal lifeline to GM, Chrysler

President Obama announced Monday that struggling automotive giants General Motors and Chrysler will be given a "limited" period of time to "restructure in a way that would justify an investment of additional taxpayer dollars."

Source: BusinessWeek.com

The federal government will give GM "adequate working capital" over the next 60 days to work in conjunction with the administration in developing a better recovery plan, he said.

Read more here.

rp

6.11.08

Automakers Face Catastrophic Week

It is the first week of the month and you know what that means.

New data.

Unfortunately, November's data has shed light into some of the worst numbers in years. That's right; the automakers have officially fallen off a cliff. Believe it.

The US SAAR Total Sales came back atrocious. The Challenger jobs data is disappointing, albeit, it was not expected to be an uplifting report.

Although many were hoping that Obama's victory would spur the markets, it appears after today's close that may not be the result. Granted, it is one day into Obama's victory -- do not jump to conclusions.

GM and F report Friday. I would not be surprised if one of the firms file for Chapter 11 and restructure themselves accordingly. The choice to be made is wait and prolong the pain or make this short and sweet. Kind of like taking off a band-aid.

More detail and predictions to follow.

rp