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Automakers Present Final Plea (890)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97802693&ft=1&f=1017 : Automakers Present Final Plea - Executives of GM, Ford and Chrysler are presenting their latest bailout requests to Congress Thursday. The automakers are asking for as much as $38 billion dollars in loans to keep the industry alive. What are their chances of getting it?

UAW Watches Congress Closely (1142)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97802696&ft=1&f=1017 : UAW Watches Congress Closely - As the Big Three make their cases in Washington, United Auto Workers members in Lansing, Mich. are watching with trepidation. Retired GM worker Gary Watson discusses the proceedings on Capitol Hill and how UAW members are reacting.

Treasury Considers Foreclosure Plan (645)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97802702&ft=1&f=1017 : Treasury Considers Foreclosure Plan - The Treasury is considering a plan to help people in foreclosure trouble. They may urge banks to give new mortgages at lower rates in an effort to keep people in their homes. Wall Street Journal reporter Deborah Solomon discusses the proposal.

Billionaire Eli Broad Offers To Bail Out L.A. Museum (685)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97801844&ft=1&f=1017 : Billionaire Eli Broad Offers To Bail Out L.A. Museum - The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art is in serious financial trouble. The museum has rising operational costs and is not receiving enough money from donors. Philanthropist and art-lover Eli Broad discusses the conditions of his $30 million offer to save MOCA.

Automakers Return To Congress To Ask For Billions (1305)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97789495&ft=1&f=1017 : Automakers Return To Congress To Ask For Billions - Executives of the Big Three U.S. automakers pleaded Thursday for a $34 billion government bailout, acknowledging that the industry had made mistakes but pledging to speed up cost-cutting measures that would get the companies back on track.

Spanish Soccer Teams Short Of Financial Goooals (1281)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97756068&ft=1&f=1017 : Spanish Soccer Teams Short Of Financial Goooals - Spain's decade-long real estate boom was a gold mine for Spanish soccer. Construction firms paid large sums to have their logos on team jerseys, and real estate moguls lined up to buy teams. Now, with investments failing, struggling teams and owners are looking for buyers — or maybe a bailout.

Economy, Drug Wars Hurt Cross-Border Business (1041)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97752572&ft=1&f=1017 : Economy, Drug Wars Hurt Cross-Border Business - El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez in Mexico are economically tightly intertwined. The economic downturn in the U.S. is hurting the hundreds of assembly plants just across the border as a raging drug war that's killed some 1,400 people in Juarez this year is squashing tourism.

Chrysler No Stranger To Bailouts (817)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97785604&ft=1&f=1017 : Chrysler No Stranger To Bailouts - The heads of the big three U.S. car companies are back on Capitol Hill on Thursday, trying to convince Congress to give them billions in loans so they can avoid bankrupty. For some at Chrysler, there might be a sense of deja vu. Paul Eistenstein, who covers the car industry for the independent news service The Detroit Bureau, talks to Renee Montagne about the first time Chrysler was bailed out in the '80s.

Big, Small Home Builders Feel Housing Pinch (371)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97785598&ft=1&f=1017 : Big, Small Home Builders Feel Housing Pinch - Smaller home builders — like Florida's Chuck Fowke — are going out of business, while large companies are cutting back. The industry wants any federal stimulus package to include new incentives for homebuyers. But analysts say the industry won't begin to rebound without a decrease in home builders and inventory.

Treasury Weighs Plan To Cut U.S. Mortgage Rates (1189)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97785595&ft=1&f=1017 : Treasury Weighs Plan To Cut U.S. Mortgage Rates - The Treasury is considering a plan to lower mortgage rates for homebuyers to as low as 4.5 percent — more than a full point below currently offered rates, sources say. But analysts say the plan would be even more effective at boosting the economy if it also lowered rates for refinancings.

Economy Whittles Pacific Northwest Timber Industry (1298)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97769004&ft=1&f=1017 : Economy Whittles Pacific Northwest Timber Industry - As the housing industry slows down, the demand for wood has dropped. Sawmills in the Pacific Northwest are feeling the pinch.

How Big Three Automakers Can Win Over Congress (300)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97766018&ft=1&f=1017 : How Big Three Automakers Can Win Over Congress - The CEOs of the Big Three automakers are headed back to Washington to renew their calls for a bailout. Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, offers his insight into what Detroit needs to do to get in the good graces of Congress and stay out of bankruptcy.

United Auto Workers Open To Contract Changes (1394)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97765976&ft=1&f=1017 : United Auto Workers Open To Contract Changes - The head of the United Auto Workers has said the union is willing to change its contract and will delay billions of dollars in payments to a union-run health care trust. The concession is a bid to help Detroit's ailing Big Three automakers.

Obama Weighs Options For Stimulus Plan (582)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97766021&ft=1&f=1017 : Obama Weighs Options For Stimulus Plan - As soon as he's in the White House, president-elect Barrack Obama will press for a significant program to stimulate the economy. He may announce something even more ambitious now that it is clear the economy is in a difficult recession. What can he propose that has the most impact?

Companies Say 'Bah, Humbug!' To Holiday Parties (1097)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97761317&ft=1&f=1017 : Companies Say 'Bah, Humbug!' To Holiday Parties - Scores of U.S. businesses plan to forgo their annual bash as a response to the slumping economy. One business consultant says the decline in parties doesn't bode well for the futures of the companies cutting back.

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