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Marchionne has recently talked about the company's becoming something of an Intel of the auto industry, providing key component parts to other car manufacturers. There are also rumors that he wants to build a $3,500 model Fiat Punto that could reconfigure the concept in the West of an economy car. But whether or not he's Chrysler's savior or the man to revolutionize the entire industry, Marchionne seems to have proved again that he knows how to strike a hard bargain: Fiat has landed 35% of Chrysler without spending a dime...
...Obama was helped in his transition by a notably cooperative White House. The outgoing Bush team not only worked before the election to make way for the new team at key agencies but held countless orientation sessions for their Democratic counterparts across the government...
...government's insurance scheme will play a key role in efforts to prevent that. Under the plan, scheduled to run for at least five years, banks will pay a fee to the government for taking out a policy. Lenders will also shoulder a "first loss" amount - similar to the excess on an auto insurance policy - as well as roughly 10% of the remaining losses. In return for picking up the rest, the government will require banks to sign agreements binding them to increased rates of lending. Just how much risk that exposes the U.K. government to is unclear; the level...
...year, the FDIC has become the most active dealmaker in the banking industry, taking over 25 banks in 2008, up from just three the year before, and auctioning them off to the highest bidder. Its chairwoman, Sheila Bair, who was early in warning about rising foreclosures, has become a key policymaker in helping resolve the nation's financial crisis. At her urging, Congress in October upped the limit on FDIC insurance, albeit temporarily, to $250,000 from $100,000. The agency is staffing up too, and plans to hire as many as 125 new staffers over the next few months...
...instincts. It wasn't absolute, nor did it come into play on every issue. But across a wide spectrum, Cheney's voice was often the last one Bush heard on hard decisions - and as a result, the one that mattered most. Cheney exerted his influence on the selection of key members of Bush's Cabinet (Pentagon boss Rumsfeld and Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill). He moved early in the Bush transition eight years ago to put his own people at key choke points in the Pentagon, on the National Security Council and elsewhere. And his own staff, particularly his longtime...