<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Tesla got $465 million in loans to finance a plant to build their new sedan. On the other hand, Nissan got $1.6 billion loan to finance the Smyrna Tennessee plant to build their electric car.<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br>Ron Force<br>Moscow ID USA<br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Paul Rumelhart <godshatter@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Art Deco <deco@moscow.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thu, January 28, 2010 8:41:09
PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Bailout Funds and the Auto Industry<br></font><br>
I think that's true of the biggest companies. Does anyone know if Tesla <br>got any funds? In my opinion, they should have thrown a lot of cash at <br>them and let some of the others fall on their face.<br><br>Paul<br><br>Art Deco wrote:<br>> Wasn't Ford the only major U.S. automobile manufacturer *not* to take <br>> bailout funds? And GM, who took them, now foreign owned and profitless?<br>> <br>> W.<br>> <br>> <br>> Breaking News Alert<br>> The New York Times<br>> Thu, January 28, 2010 -- 7:13 AM ET<br>> -----typedef struct<br>> {<br>> long count;<br>> char *data;<br>> FILE *fp;<br>> } FILE_DATA;<br>><br>><br>><br>> Ford Says It Made $2.7 Billion in 2009, Its First Annual Profit in <br>> Four Years<br>><br>> The Ford Motor Company said Thursday that it made $2.7<br>> billion in 2009, and that it would be
profitable in 2010 and<br>> beyond. Ford says it benefited from cost-cutting, debt<br>> reduction and popular cars and trucks like the Ford Fusion<br>> sedan and Escape SUV. Ford's net income of 86 cents per share<br>> rose from the year before, when it lost a record $14.6<br>> billion.<br>><br>> Read More:<br><span>> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na">http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na</a> <<a target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na">http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na</a>></span><br>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>><br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br><span>> <a target="_blank"
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