Economy
The June 6 Wall Street Journal has 
The oft-repeated line that “I have good news, and I have bad news” applies to the U.S. Labor Department’s latest figures on unemployment and job losses, though the first part should perhaps be modified to “I have relatively good news.” Details of GM Bankruptcy Emerge
Written by Steven J. DuBord
More information about GM’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy is beginning to emerge. The Kansas City Star reported on June 2 that this is “the biggest such filing by an industrial manufacturer and the fourth-biggest in U.S. history. It will also be one of the largest peacetime nationalizations of private enterprise.” In addition to the $20 billion the federal government has already pumped into the company, President Barack Obama has announced that another $30 billion in taxpayer money will be committed. This will bring the government’s ownership stake in GM to 60 percent.
GM Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Written by Charles Scaliger
After years of suspense, the bankruptcy that surprises nobody is finally official. One of America’s largest and proudest corporations, GM, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in what is being billed as the fourth-largest bankruptcy in American history and the largest ever for an industrial corporation. The failing auto company claims $82.29 billion in assets against almost $173 billion in debt — this, be it duly noted, after billions in federal government bailout monies were shoveled GM’s way.
The Obama administration’s efforts to borrow the U.S. economy into prosperity are meeting more and more skepticism on Wall Street as investors in the bond market are fleeing the U.S. debt market for greener investment pastures. The understandable skepticism of bond investors has forced the U.S. Treasury to increase the interest yields on 10-year Treasury notes, increasing the interest burden of new debt on taxpayers by more than 60 percent since December.
