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Apr
21st

US: Visteon hikes payoffs for redundant UK workers

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Visteon Corporation has submitted a written formal proposal to the Unite union offering improved payments to former Visteon UK employees abruptly made redundant when three plants were placed in administration. Full story...
Apr
21st

CANADA: Government wants Chrysler “clarity” this week

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Canada's industry minister wants a clear indication this week on the future of Chrysler's local operations, which include two vehicle assembly plants in Ontario. Full story...
Apr
21st

U.S. to give Chrysler $500M, GM up to $5B in new aid

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The Obama administration will make about $500 million available to Chrysler LLC through the end of this month as it seeks to reach an alliance with Fiat, and up to $5 billion through May to help General Motors restructure outside of bankruptcy, an... Full story...
Apr
21st

U.S. to give Chrysler $500M, GM up to $5B in new aid

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The Obama administration will make about $500 million available to Chrysler LLC through the end of this month as it seeks to reach an alliance with Fiat, and up to $5 billion through May to help General Motors restructure outside of bankruptcy, an... Full story...
Apr
20th

Canada wants clarity on Chrysler-CAW talks

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Canadian Industry Minister Tony Clement said today the government needs clarity this week on the status of cost-cutting talks between Chrysler and the Canadian Auto Workers union. Full story...
Apr
20th

VW’s Routan isn’t moving; future murky

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The Volkswagen Routan minivan, which arrived in showrooms in September, is selling so slowly that no units have rolled off the assembly line since December. VW has not decided whether to build a second-generation Routan. Full story...
Apr
20th

Task force chief is linked to SEC inquiry

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Steven Rattner, chief of the Obama administration's automotive task force, was described in media reports as the executive who arranged for his firm to pay more than $1.1 million to obtain New York state pension business. Full story...
Apr
20th

Windsor plant may build small Fiats

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Chrysler may shift minivan production out of its Windsor, Ontario, plant, where it has built the iconic vehicles for a quarter century, and produce small Fiat models there instead. As Fiat S.p.A. Full story...
Apr
18th

GM readies all-equity offer for debt

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The Obama administration has directed General Motors to prepare a new restructuring plan that would pay off bondholders and the automaker's major union in stock in exchange for $48 billion in debt, people briefed on the plan said on Friday. Full story...
Apr
17th

Obama has full confidence in Rattner

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Steven Rattner, chief of the Obama administration's automotive task force, was described in an Securities and Exchange Commission document as having arranged for his firm to pay more than $1.1 million to obtain New York State pension business. Full story...
Apr
17th

CANADA: No Chrysler union deal, no government aid – minister

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Canada's government has threatened to cut off aid to Chrysler unless the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union agrees concessions of C$19 an hour to enable the automaker to finalise its proposed alliance with Fiat. Full story...
Apr
17th

SOUTH KOREA: Government sees bank support for GM-Daewoo

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The South Korean government expects to see financial support given to local General Motors unit to GM Daewoo, a minister said on Friday (17 April). Full story...
Apr
17th

Rattner linked to SEC probe of N.Y. kickbacks

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Steven Rattner, the leader of the Obama administration's auto task force, was one of the investment-firm executives involved with payments now under scrutiny in a state and federal investigation into an alleged kickback scheme at New York state's... Full story...
Apr
17th

Rattner linked to SEC probe of N.Y. kickbacks, report says

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Steven Rattner, the leader of the Obama administration's auto task force, was one of the investment-firm executives involved with payments now under scrutiny in a state and federal investigation into an alleged kickback scheme at New York state's... Full story...
Apr
16th

MALAYSIA: Proton must find strategic partner – PM

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Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has said that Proton needs to continue to search for a strategic partner. Full story...
Apr
16th

MALAYSIA: Prime minister calls for Proton alliance

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The Malaysian Prime minister has said he wants to see 'national car maker' Proton look for an alliance with another international automaker. Full story...
Apr
16th

Canada says CAW must make deep concessions

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Workers at General Motors and Chrysler LLC in Canada must take wage and benefit cuts of as much as C$19 ($15.77) an hour to keep the carmakers from bankruptcy protection, Canada's Industry Minister told a newspaper. Full story...
Apr
16th

UK: Visteon approaches union with pay deal

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Visteon Corporation said today that it had presented leaders of the UK union Unite with a solution to address redundancy pay concerns of former employees of Visteon UK, which was placed into administration on 31 March after years of losses. Full story...
Apr
16th

Canada puts $121 million into auto randd

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The Canadian government announced C$145 million ($121 million) in funding today for automotive research and development. Industry Minister Tony Clement made the announcement and said the money was committed as part of the 2008 federal budget. Full story...
Apr
16th

US: GM speeds up dealer closure programme – report

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General Motors has told US dealers it is speeding up its timetable for closing about 1,700 outlets as it hurries to meet the Obama administration's 1 June restructuring deadline, people with knowledge of the discussions have said. Full story...
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