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Archive for April, 2009

Chrysler Bankruptcy Looming

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Chrysler’s 30 April deadline is looming. The US government gave them this time to formulate a restructuring package sound enough to earn a further bailout payout. Chrysler are trying to secure deals with  Fiat SpA and a group of creditors, but talks collapsed between the US Treasury department and lenders, meaning that bankruptcy was “all [...]

Mitsubishi Profits Fall

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Mitsubushi, Japan’s fourth largest car manufacturer went into the red in the last financial year, another victim of the auto industry’s continuing problems,  but it forecast a turnaround in the next 12 months. Mitsubushi’s losses totalled 54.9 billion yen for the year to March compared to a profit of 34.7 billion yen the preceding year. [...]