Thursday, January 1, 2009
Turning the page to 2009
New year, old problems: It’ll be a tough one — again — but ‘09 brings opportunity, too
Detroit News Staff
We may be turning a new page on the calendar, but 2009 is hardly a clean sheet of paper for Metro Detroiters.
The parts of the new year that we don’t [...]

GM gets first $4 billion; Chrysler does not, yet
 

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Harry Stoffer
Automotive News | January 1, 2009 – 12:01 am EST
 

 
WASHINGTON — General Motors on Wednesday received the first $4 billion in emergency loans that the federal government has promised the automaker.
Both GM and Chrysler had been scheduled to receive on Monday, Dec. 29, $4 billion [...]