Obama's plan to save GM: bankruptcy, $30 billion

Mon Jun 1, 2009 12:02 PM EDT

By David Espo, AP Special Correspondent (Clipped by Real World Engineer)

President Barack Obama pushed a humbled General Motors Corp. into bankruptcy on Monday and said the federal government will act as "reluctant shareholder" when it assumes a 60 percent ownership of the smaller carmaker that emerges.

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business, us, gm, politics, obama, barack-obama

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Sotomayor meets White House aides

Seeded on Mon Jun 1, 2009 12:00 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

The Supreme Court nominee is said to be finalizing the answers to her Senate questionnaire and getting ready for one-on-one visits with key senators.

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GM workers feel powerless amid huge changes

Seeded on Mon Jun 1, 2009 9:19 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

General Motors Corp. workers across the nation were beginning to deal with the automaker's historic bankruptcy filing Monday and the effect on their plants and lives.

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