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• Exclusive: GM Must Pay Debt, Make Money Before IPO

  Reuters - 2009-11-18

  By John CrawleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors GM should focus on making money and repaying U.S. Treasury loans before turning to public markets to sell the taxpayer's stake in the automaker, a senior government official said.Ron Bloom, head of the Obama administration's autos task force, nevertheless told Reuters that an...

  Tags: Automobile Company, Administration, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., IPO, Government, Electric Vehicle, Ron Bloom

• Government Leaves GM's Ad Budget Alone After Halving Chrysler's

  BNET - 2009-06-19

  Folks at Chrysler and its agency, BBDO, will likely be fizzing with anger at the news, reported in Ad Age, that General Motors' ad budget was passed by the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry without any changes. When Chrysler's bankruptcy went through that panel it was chopped in...

  Tags: Advertisement, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Government, Jim Edwards

• Will Ford Lead in Contracting When the Feds Own Stakes in GM and Chrysler?

  BNET - 2009-05-14

  If the federal government ends up owning significant equity stakes in GM and Chrylser, will the automakers be able to participate in competitively-bid contracts? Will Ford -- and perhaps foreign automakers -- have a real edge as a result? BNET Auto blogger Steve Miller ponders the procurement consequences of the...

  Tags: Automobile Company, Chrysler LLC, Procurement, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Purchasing & Procurement, Manufacturing, Government, Business Operations, David P. Hamilton

• Will Ford Benefit From Federal Contracts Given Government Stakes in GM, Chrysler?

  BNET - 2009-05-14

  The myriad issues and conflicts posed by even partial government ownership of General Motors are formidable and ponderous by most accounts. So you have to wonder what happens to the significant number of government contracts awarded to GM and Chrysler under current bailout plans. For fiscal year...

  Tags: Benefit, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Government, Vertical Industries, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations, Steve Miller

• Chrysler's in Crisis and Ken Lewis Laments

  BNET - 2009-04-30

  Whether or not Chrysler files for bankruptcy today, there sure is something strange about a plan to have Fiat, a union and the government run a company. When my friend owned a Fiat convertible in the eighties, she loved to visit it in the shop. Imagine how the additional layers of...

  Tags: Bank Of America Corp., Chrysler LLC, Fleet Bank, Banking, Government, Financial Services, Jill Schlesinger

• Obama: No Desire to Micromanage Chrysler, GM

  BNET - 2009-04-30

  President Obama said he has enough to do without having the government take over large stakes in Chrysler and General Motors, so he has no plans to "micromanage" them. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Government, Vertical Industries, Jim Henry

• Should Government Fire CEOs and Write Strategy?

  BNET - 2009-03-31

  Boy, my friends are having some heated debates over this question: Should the Obama administration be dictating strategy and firing CEOs of the companies to which it offers funding? I have to say it through me off stride when I read the news Sunday morning that Rick Wagoner...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Government, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Sean Silverthorne

• Chrysler Unlikely to Survive As-Is, Analyst Says

  BNET - 2009-02-19

  Parts of Chrysler may survive, but the company is unlikely to survive in its present form, even with government support, said Craig Cather, president and CEO of CSM Wordwide. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, CSM, Litigation, Personal Finance, Government, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Jim Henry

• Chrysler Says It Needs An Extra $2 Billion To Survive

  BNET - 2009-02-17

  Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli sent a mixed message, saying on the one hand Chrysler can survive on its own, but on the other asking for an extra government loan of $2 billion. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, Sales Strategy, Government, Sales Force Management, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Jim Henry

• Chrysler Not Out of the Woods Yet, But Fiat Deal Helps

  BNET - 2009-01-21

  Former Chrysler boss Bob Lutz jokes that based on its history, Chrysler should beware of "years ending in one." By coincidence, 2011 is about when Chrysler's new Fiat deal should start to pay off, in terms of new products. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Fiat, Chrysler LLC, Government, Manufacturing, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Jim Henry