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US Congress postpones car bailout

Source: Lateline
Published: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:15 AEDT
Expires: Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:15 AEDT

Executives of the big three US car makers are working on a new pitch to convince the Government to back a rescue for the industry, after Congress postponed a vote on the issue.

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Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, automotive, world-politics, international-financial-crisis, united-states

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