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Charles M Cooper

GM Bankruptcy: The Small Business Crisis Begins

While all the attention is focused on the long-awaited bankruptcy of General Motors, very little attention is being paid to those who will be hit hardest, the small businesses that provide parts and services to the auto giant or depend upon it in some way – and there is no talk of bailing them out!

Tags: small business, gm, bankruptcy, gm bankruptcy

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Posted: 6/1/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

The Other Side of the Chrysler Hedge Fund Fight

The President’s sharp words against those investment companies—he called them ‘speculators’—who refused his deal regarding the Chrysler bankruptcy, have been aired far and wide. Now, you should get the other side of the argument and decide for yourself who is right. In an open letter to the nation, Clifford S. Asness, the Managing and Founding Principal at AQR Capital Management, LLC, answers the President.

Tags: chrysler, bankruptcy, hedge funds, investment, obama, clifford s. asness, aqr capital management

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Posted: 5/7/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

US vs. Them in the Chrysler Bankruptcy

Chrysler is entering bankruptcy, which—along with its wayward big brother GM—it should have done a long time and billions of wasted dollars ago. That is the good news. The bad news, and a troubling glimpse into how the President sees capitalists, is that he has decided that those investors who didn’t like the deal he and his car czar were offering are nothing more than speculators.

Tags: chrysler, obama, investors, speculators, venture capital, bankruptcy

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Posted: 4/30/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

Bankruptcy vs. Bailout: Which is Really Better for the Taxpayer

With the Big Three Automakers threatening bankruptcy if they don't get a government bailout, the question is whether it would be better: to let them go under and fall into the hands of a bankruptcy judge or bail them out and let them fall into the hands of Congress?

Tags: small business, gm, ford, chrysler, paulson, bailout, bankruptcy, economy

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Posted: 11/13/2008 | Comments (13)