17 Dec 2008
| by Alex Brownsell
brand. Last week, the Swedish government announced a 2.3bn bail-out for domestic manufacturers Volvo ...
12 Dec 2008
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
Normal 0 GM, which owns the Vauxhall, Saab, Cadillac, Chevrolet and Hummer brands, and Chrysler are in a more perilous state than rival Ford. The three carmakers' plea for a collective $14bn ( 9.4bn) bailout from the US Government was rebuffed yesterday. The aid package was rejected ...
05 Dec 2008
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, Formula 1's governing body. Ferrari and Toyota are against ...
02 Dec 2008
| by Alex Brownsell
, which is seeking financial assistance from the US government. There have been reports ...
25 Nov 2008
| by Darren Davidson
Normal 0 The move comes as GM is petitioning the US government for financial support to avoid going into bankruptcy. The company said the arrangement with Woods, who is recovering from reconstructive knee surgery, is "mutual and amicable". Woods will continue to drive Buick vehicles ...
25 Nov 2008
| by Mark Ritson
at 2009 with a mix of fear and desperation and turning in increasing numbers to government sources ...
, chairman of the Tata Group, whose net worth is about 30bn, is holding secret talks with the government ...
-year government loan to help keep it afloat. Without it, both brands could disappear forever. There is a long ...
24 Nov 2008
| by Stephen Foster
repossessions, but VAT is the big one. When the US government tried to get the economy moving earlier ...
. Will all of this get the economy moving? It will help a bit and that, realistically, is all the Government ...
, it was worth a mere $20bn so the US government has stepped in to rescue it. It was, as they say, too big ...
17 Nov 2008
| by Staff
The account will see Grey, part of the WPP Group, handling advertising, interactive, direct and promotional marketing for four BMW regions, Eastern, Central, Western and Southern, as well as the second hand business nationwide. Jim Heekin, chairman and CEO of Grey Group, said: "We are very proud of our ...
17 Nov 2008
| by Stephen Foster
of luck, now they are. Government to offer investors bank deal The Government planned to take 9bn ...
that this will encourage them to buy ordinary shares in the banks forthcoming share issues to reduce the Government ...
the amount the banks need to pay back to the government and bring the restoration of their ordinary dividends ...
12 Nov 2008
| by Stephen Foster
and it took 20 years to climb out of it. What the Bank, and indeed the Government -- which belatedly took ...
(again) until Thursday as prices plummet and the Russian government spent $7bn the other day to try ...
the US government but it might not have the money to pay it back -- and $25bn is less than it needs ...