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...Greenberg's watch. But he is likely to argue that only after his ouster in March 2005 did the company's troubled FP unit fail to put up sufficient collateral to cover potential losses from the increasing number of loans backed by subprime mortgages. "You want to make sure you don't have any unexpected surprises down the road," he told TIME in a recent interview...
...line to get paid back. It's fairly clear the Administration wants to make bondholders eat huge losses - or make them try their luck in bankruptcy court. "No bankruptcy judge is going to rule against GM and its plan. Not for labor, not for bondholders, that's for sure," says Lynn LoPucki, a bankruptcy expert at the UCLA School...
...Either way, the car-buyng public is the winner: consumers will see better-built, more fuel-efficient cars and trucks - gas-powered, electrics and hybrids - that will meet their every desire. Obama's challenge is to make sure some of them come from Detroit...
...cuts from the stimulus package. Obama isn't sending us one-time rebate checks. Reason: his goal is to jump-start consumer spending, and research has shown we're more likely to save money rather than spend it when we get it in a big chunk. Instead, Obama made sure the tax cuts will be paid out through decreased withholding, so our regular paychecks will grow a bit and we'll be less likely to notice the windfall. The idea, an aide explains, is to manipulate us into spending the extra cash...
...make it taste like fudge. "I like nudges, but sometimes we need to do more," says Harvard's Mullainathan. Sometimes we need a shove. The research proves change can come about when it's easy and popular, but making it lucrative - or even mandatory - can make sure it happens...