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- BUSINESS, Page 73Business NotesCARSAuto Exhaustion
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- How would you describe a loss of $82 million? Chrysler's Lee
- Iacocca calls it "an outstanding performance." And the tragedy
- of the U.S. auto industry is: he just may be right.
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- The third-quarter deficit announced by Chrysler last week
- joins even worse figures from its domestic competitors. Ford's
- losses from July through September hit $574.4 million, while
- during the same time GM's cash tank leaked $1.1 billion. All in
- all, the Big Three have seen losses since the beginning of the
- year of $5 billion -- equivalent to the GNP of Luxembourg.
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- Chrysler is aggressively scrambling for cash. A recent
- stock deal should raise $330 million. And last week the
- perpetual American underdog announced the sale of its
- half-interest in Diamond-Star Motors to Japanese joint-owner
- Mitsubishi Motors for $100 million. Chrysler may give up its 12%
- interest in the foreign firm, which would not only replenish its
- coffers but add a bit more credibility to Chairman Lee's Japan
- bashing as well.
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