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The US’s car companies – GM, Ford and Chrysler have been in trouble before. Notably Chrysler – back in the early 1980′s when they got a whopping $1.5 Billion dollar loan [Chrysler got the loan approved in 1979, and financed in early 1980] – and appointed Lee Iacocca as the Chairman/spokesman. Chrysler paid off the ...

With the meltdown on Dalal Street [the Mumbai Stock Exchange], it’s important for even ordinary citizens to understand the terminology bankers and brokers use. Here’s a start. CEO — Chief Embezzlement Officer CFO — Corporate Fraud Officer BULL MARKET — A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. BEAR ...