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...Chile; but they're also angry about vast tracts they say were illegally taken from them in Araucania, near the city of Temuco, for forestry operations. This year militants have set fire to tree farms, leaving huge swaths of eucalyptus and pine trees scorched - and prompting local ranchers to stock up on weapons and ammunition...
...plans to start paying back its government loans this month. Repaying the direct government loans well ahead of the 2015 date contemplated by the Treasury Department when it helped GM reorganize during the bankruptcy is the first step toward an initial public offering of stock in the new GM. While GM received more than $50 billion in federal aid, only about $6.2 billion will be repaid in cash; the U.S. Treasury agreed to take stock in lieu of cash for much of the remainder, which gave the government a 60.8% stake in the new GM. Earlier this week, Treasury Secretary...
...special employee-attrition programs at GM operations in Europe and Australia. Despite the bankruptcy, GM also owes $17 billion to governments in the U.S., Canada and Europe that supported the company during the crisis last winter. The $17 billion debt does not include $3.2 billion in notes or preferred stock that GM also owes to employees' health care trusts, or VEBAs, in the U.S. and Canada. GM expects to repay the notes to U.S. and Canadian VEBAs with money from the eventual sale of new stock - an IPO that will be successful only if GM returns to sustainable profitability...
Some card companies are tackling the punishing economy with humor. DCI Studios has a Christmas card that doubles as a "new guide to the stock market." Some useful terms: "Broker: What we are this year compared to last year. Merrill Lynch: What we want to do to Merrill. Liquid assets: beer, scotch, vodka, whatever helps...
...divest from companies investing in Iran’s petroleum and natural gas sector or doing business with Iran’s nuclear industry. Since these companies are already liable for sanctions under the Iran Sanctions Act, states have a fiduciary responsibility to consider the financial consequences of holding stock in them...