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We've been watching as the amount of funds in the Cash For Clunkers kitty quickly dwindles, and now the National Automobile Dealers Association is asking for guidance because they believe there's no money left. More »
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The US government will suspend the popular cash for clunkers program after almost four days, telling Congress they'll burn through the $950 million budget by midnight. UPDATE: The Freep claims White House sources tell them the program's not been suspended. More »
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Though we doubt many care, we've got an embedded journalist in San Francisco reporting out to us on what's going on at the NADA annual whatever out there tonight. Our embed will be covering the event live for us but for reasons of NADA-nal security, can't reveal his or her name — so we've nicknamed them "Rick_Fan_001" to protect them. Without further ado, here's our live instant messenger chat of this evening's keynote by GM CEO Rick Wagoner after the jump. Just keep hitting refresh as we add more: More »
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The Veep who swings long and hard when he's talking politics, was decidedly flaccid today speaking in front of the National Auto Dealers Association (NAMBLA). The former oil exec spent a lunch hour praising the greatness of all-ah the auto design coming out of the automakers, and spent very little time speaking on anything substantial like the recent plant closings and job cuts now underway at FoMoCo and the General. And by very little time — we mean zero time. So why's Dick even meeting with NADA anyway — especially because his boss won't meet with the heads of the Metro Detroit-based automakers until after the election? Well, since the majority of auto dealers are also... More »
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