倍可亲(backchina.com) 通用汽车(GM)在市况冷清与经济低迷的夹击下,第三季的营业亏损扩大到42亿美元,除非汽车业景况优化或筹募到更多资本,明年上半年退出以前就可能周转不灵。 8 l: Z* Z* J+ i: _, Y. ~/ w: \ O
通用汽车并且表示,已中止和克莱斯勒汽车公司协商合并的事宜专心稳定业务。据消息人士透露,南韩的现代汽车正与拥有克莱斯勒公司的普泽世资本管理公司联系,商谈收购克莱斯勒吉普车部门与其他资产的可能性,通用第三季时烧掉69亿美元的现金,剩余的现金只有162亿美元,已逼近营运所需资金的警戒水位。 ) i/ O4 I, w- Q1 D9 P. L
消息在这, 今天的报纸上的商业版: % i2 E2 i6 Y% FDetroit in a struggle to survive the next year 4 b" m! b" l6 W; V3 dGeneral Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. tallied third-quarter losses totalling a combined $7.2 billion USFriday as Detroit’s automakers push for an emergency-loans fund from the U.S. government to help them survive amid the worst financial crisis in 70 years. / F2 A5 j6 H8 o) c4 N
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GM also said it had suspended take over talks with struggling peer Chrysler. Reuters reported that South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. has had talks with Chrysler owner Cerberus Capital Management about a potential acquisition of the U.S. automaker’s Jeep brand and possibly other assets. $ C6 Y `8 R4 q, Z# f+ | , K2 r# X: M7 C/ `( TGMpresident and chief executive Rick Wagonersaidthat“letting GMgo” would be far more significant than the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers investment bank, which sparked the latest round of the financial crisis in September. 9 o8 A* r: E1 P! z* u& ]; r 4 q$ E% A4 I$ ?8 V& G" e6 X- m。。。。。。。。。。。。