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...this point, Chrysler can say it tried to get out of a corner, that it found a European company that makes more marketable cars," says Berta. "But if you want to actually use Chrysler facilities to construct a Cinquecento or Alfa MiTo, you're talking about a major cost." (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will...
...same time that the FDIC is drawing kudos for advocating for troubled borrowers, it is struggling with the higher expenses of doing business as the nation's bank dealer of last resort. And the rising cost of failures puts ever more pressure on the FDIC's insurance fund. In the first nine months of 2008, the fund had to pay out nearly $18 billion to depositors of failed institutions. At the end of the third quarter, the fund stood at $34.6 billion, down 34% from the end of 2007 to its lowest level since...
...Selling failed banks is never a profitable business. But recently, as the credit crunch has gotten crunchier, the cost of cotton-balling kaput countinghouses has gotten a lot costlier. The FDIC had an average loss (based on deposits) of nearly 30% for the 23 bank deals it did in 2008, for which the FDIC released details, according to financial industry consulting firm Ely & Co. That is more than double the average loss of 13% the agency registered on bank rescues in the 17 years prior...
...same set of dynamics hold true for businesses. If they have any cash flow at all, they put it toward improving their balance sheets and hoarding cash. But, when labor which once cost $20 an hour moves down to $8, the temptation to make very modest investments in adding employees and expanding production eventually becomes irresistible...