US offers 13.4 bln dlr lifeline to GM, Chrysler
(AFP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081219/capt.cps.ooi09.191208213441.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ww6NZ2JivcXhN6rw.W3xeA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Auto workers make their way to a Chrysler truck plant on the last day before the plant closes for a month in Warren, Michigan, December 18. The US government has said it would provide ailing automakers with $13.4 billion in short-term financing, setting a deadline of March 31, 2009 for them to become viable.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081219/bs_afp/financeeconomyusauto)AFP - President George W. Bush Friday unveiled a 13.4 billion dollar rescue loan for struggling US automakers, but demanded tough reforms in return in a move aimed at staving off a new economic calamity.</p><br clear="all"/>
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