Wednesday, May 27, 2009

U.S. Expected to Own 70% of a Revamped G.M. - NYTimes.com

U.S. Expected to Own 70% of a Revamped G.M. - NYTimes.com: "Including the more than $20 billion that has already been spent to prop up G.M., the government will provide G.M. at least $50 billion to get the company through Chapter 11, people with direct knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. By some estimates in Detroit, tens of billions beyond that amount may be required.

The United Automobile Workers, meanwhile, will hold up to 20 percent through its retiree health care fund, and bondholders and other parties will get the remaining share. Shareholders would be virtually wiped out."

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It would seem that the era of big privatization is over.

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