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General Motors and Chrysler LLC said Tuesday they could need an additional $21.6 billion in federal loans between them because of worsening demand for their cars and trucks. The two firms, in documents submitted to the Treasury Department, also detailed plans to cut 50,000 jobs worldwide by the end of the year. GM said it plans [...]

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  The White House said a disorderly bankruptcy in the motor industry would be a huge blow which the US economy could not withstand. Meanwhile General Motors said it was temporarily stopping some production. And Honda is also to cut back output in North America. GM, which has been pleading for an emergency government loan [...]

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Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. No more. Record crude oil prices are fueling support for oil and natural gas exploration off the nation’s shores. In Florida, movement was underway even before President Bush called on [...]

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The economic downturn is hitting middle-aged and older American workers hard, forcing more than one in four to postpone retirement, according to a survey released Tuesday by the AARP. Twenty-seven percent of workers aged 45 and older said they had put their retirement plans on hold because of the slowing economy, AARP reported. “The current [...]

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