balloon-juice.com - 12/3/2008
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While the auto industry meets in DC with Congress , I thought I would bring you the story of the auto industry, in the form of a three part play. From the comments yesterday : Dramatis Personae BIG THREE , a manufacturer of automobiles UAW , Big Three’s employee MITT ROMNEY , an idiot BIG THREE ...
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... I seriously doubt that any of my regular readers were or are confused about the relationship between pension and healthcare costs and the financial problems of US automobile manufacturers, but I am a sucker for a good timeline, particularly when carried out through the medium of sarcasm.
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Elsewhere on Friday, - Banker of the year? This year? - Missed Manners: Blackberrys ruin Congressional hearings - Live-blogging the automakers - Auto industry: The (theatre) play - Blodget to Spitzer: Welcome aboard! - Europe’s central banks can’t escape blame for the deflationary monster the world now faces. They help create it. And the fight is going to be long and bloody - High yield, high anxiety - The new victims: Economists - Alphabet economics: The shape of the recession - How posting collateral ...
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