$25 billion in perspective

Peggy Risley of Blanchard Gold sent an e-mail around, detailing steps the government has taken so far in this financial crisis. I haven’t done my usual fact checking on this but it seems right. Here’s the list (edited somewhat):
Wall Street

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

Following up on flexibility

This is an interesting speech made on August 4, 2004, which may bear reprinting.
Tom LaSorda
Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group
“The Fully Flexible Corporation”
I’ve been looking forward to this opportunity to discuss the state and future of our industry. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of it.
Having fairly recently moved to the COO position [...]