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		<title>Compuware CEO reminds Shelby of Alabama&#8217;s foreign aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Zatz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: The following letter  was sent on Nov. 17 from Peter Karmanos, Jr., chairman and CEO of Compuware Corporation, to U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., a critic of bridge loans for American automakers.
Dear Senator Shelby:
On Sunday, Nov. 16, I watched with great interest &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; during which you and Sen. Carl Levin debated the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Republicans manage to convert automaker bailout to bank profits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Zatz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new House bill spearheaded by Republicans replaces $15 billion in direct government loans to automakers with a $14 billion loan insurance program to be partly funded by the automakers. This would presumably loosen credit to automakers while assigning much of the risk to the American taxpayers, and providing large profits to banks which would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$25 billion in perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Zatz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peggy Risley of Blanchard Gold sent an e-mail around, detailing steps the government has taken so far in this financial crisis. I haven&#8217;t done my usual fact checking on this but it seems right. Here&#8217;s the list (edited somewhat):
Wall Street

$1.6 trillion in loans to banks so far in exchange for otherwise unwanted collateral. The Fed [...]]]></description>
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