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Thursday, May 28, 2009

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Opel talks start off with tension

View of the chancellery in Berlin

Before the talks began, GM revealed it needed an extra $400 million in cash to keep Opel going, which outraged German officials. Bill Radke asks European correspondent Stephen Beard why and what this boils down to for the companies involved.

View of the chancellery in Berlin during a meeting on the future of car maker Opel on May 27, 2009. (John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images)

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  • By m garcia

    From livermore, CA, 05/28/2009

    they should have listen to the tax payer let GM go down. It is a useless Company its management can destroy finest. The wasted 8 billion on lobby? waste!

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