科教館遷建傳弊 前館長徐國士羈押禁見
2009-06-02【中央社】士林地檢署偵辦國立台灣科學教育館舊館搬遷新館案，昨天約談前館長徐國士在內的10名證人、被告到案。檢方訊問後，依圖利、違反政府採購法等罪將徐國士聲請羈押禁見獲准。
檢調日前接獲檢舉，指稱國立台灣科學教育館從舊館搬遷到新館過程中，徐國士疑違法將具有打造科學館能力的得標廠商解約，再以重新招標等方式，將總價約新台幣5.5億元標案交由專業能力不足的國內廠商承造，圖利特定廠商，再以不實驗收讓施工品質不佳的工程過關。
經長期蒐證後，士檢昨天指揮調查局台北市調處，兵分9路赴台北、花蓮、高雄鳳山等地，搜索徐國士花蓮市住處及5家涉案廠商，並帶回10名被告及證人，訊後聲押徐國士，並諭令兩名被告交保，其餘人飭回。
士林地院審理後，認為徐國士犯罪嫌疑重大，且涉犯貪污治罪條例第4條第1項第3款「建築或經辦公用工程或購辦公用器材、物品，浮報價額、數量、收取回扣或有其他舞弊情事者」，以及違反政府採購法，有串證、滅證之虞，裁定羈押禁見。
1億元買82台電腦 科教館涉弊
【蕭博文／台北報導】
士林地檢署偵辦國立台灣科學教育館採購弊案，一日兵分九路搜索前館長徐國士住處等九處地點，並傳喚十人到案。徐國士涉嫌違法將國際標得標廠商解約，再以綁標、圍標等方式將總價五點五億元標案交由專業能力不足的國內廠商承作。徐國士等五名貪瀆被告遭檢察官漏夜偵訊，檢方聲請羈押徐國士。
座落於士林區基河路的科學教育館，九十三年六月一日由南海路遷移至現址揭幕，遭人檢舉新館工程弊端叢生，包括兒童玩具箱的八十二台電腦，竟然花了一億元打造；造價一點五億的四Ｄ劇場也有影片不連續、噴水特效不動作等缺失，被譏為「科學蚊子館」，涉嫌官商勾結。
前館長徐國士涉綁標、圍標 檢方聲押
檢察官呂永魁昨日會同八名檢察官，指揮調查局台北市調處，搜索徐國士花蓮市住處及五家涉案廠商；傳喚徐國士、樹茂公司負責人董素貞、活躍動感公司負責人王筱筑、康園文化負責人蔡慶招、太孚室內裝修負責人丁士楊等五名被告及五名證人到案說明。
調查指出，科教館新館工程的四大單元中，第一單元地底世界（四Ｄ劇場）、兒童玩具箱，第二單元生命科學展覽區，第四單元物質科學展覽區，設計工程原採國際標順利發包，徐國士上任後卻以國際廠商未與國內協力廠商共同在承攬合約書簽名為由，強行與廠商解約重新招標。
徐國士在解約後，要求負責專案管理顧問的昭淩公司，與負責軟體部分的協力廠商億禾解約，改邀董素貞的樹茂公司負責軟體專案管理。另又涉嫌與董素貞共同撰寫招標規範，並將投標須知事先透露給由王筱筑掌控的活躍動感與新軸等公司。
廠商兩光 雨傘節介紹為「不會曬太陽」
王筱筑獲悉投標須知後，趕在招標公告前補齊營業登記，順利取得地底世界、兒童玩具箱等設計工程，而生命科學展覽區則由太孚室內裝修承作。這兩項工程在九十二年完工初驗時，分別被查出四百七十六項、六十七項缺失。
承辦檢察官曾傳喚當時擔任約聘顧問的陳姓證人，得知生命科學展場原由日本知名設計廠商得標，計畫以中國神話故事結合科學原理，讓民眾得以實地操作、互動學習，不料接手廠商毫無專業能力，改採靜態展示。這名證人不願同流合汙離職，開庭時談到科教館人謀不臧，一度泣不成聲。
辦案人員指出，科教館新館工程廢標後讓幾乎沒有科博館經驗的國內廠商承作，初驗時發現廠商把雨傘節介紹為不會曬太陽，諸如此類的錯誤資訊讓原本應執國內科學教育之牛耳的科教館，反成為錯誤知識之來源。檢方認為，徐國士等人涉嫌違法解約、圖利特定廠商，綁標、圍標等，訊後不排除做出強制處分。
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Germany seals deal to save Opel
Sat May 30, 2009
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany heaved a sigh of relief on Saturday over a deal with Canadian auto parts group Magna, General Motors and the U.S. government to save carmaker Opel from the imminent bankruptcy of its U.S. parent.
The accord sealed after six hours of talks in Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices still needs final approval but seemed set to ringfence Opel and its 50,000 workers in Europe from a GM Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing widely expected for Monday.
Merkel said U.S. President Barack Obama -- due to visit Germany next week -- helped swing the deal with a telephone call on Friday.
That helped clear hurdles over financing that had threatened to scupper the entire transaction and allowed GM to agree the deal with Magna about the future of its European operations, of which Opel is the centerpiece.
"I spoke on the phone with the American president yesterday and we were in agreement that we had to do everything possible to come up with a good result for this complicated task," Merkel told reporters. "That conversation clearly influenced the negotiations last night."
Labour leader Klaus Franz said some Opel workers arriving for early Saturday shifts hugged each other in spontaneous celebrations even though some worried the proud company, which traces its roots to the 19th century, was not out of the woods.
"This was pure emotion," Franz told Reuters Television. "I have to see now how to get the adrenaline levels down."
Opel workers favored Magna over rival suitor Fiat even though Magna will cut some 11,000 jobs in Europe, a quarter in Germany. Plants in Belgium and Britain may not survive.
"It's really super," said one beaming Opel worker as he headed into Opel's main plant in Russelsheim at 6 a.m.
"It's good that we're still alive," said one middle-aged Opel factory worker. "But we still have to see what comes out of all this, where jobs will be cut. We'll probably end up having to pay the bill. But the main thing is: we're still alive."
There was no word on the fate of plants outside Germany, including two in Britain, where unions have accused the government of being much less energetic about saving jobs.
Like its parent GM, Opel has suffered acutely from world recession. Its fate has gripped Germany, where the auto industry remains a potent symbol of the country's postwar recovery.
Merkel faces an election in September and was keen to avert large job losses.
Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck emerged from the marathon meeting at 2:15 a.m. to tell journalists a comprehensive deal was agreed that included bridge financing worth 1.5 billion euros ($2.1 billion) and a trustee model for the carmaker.
Siegfried Wolf, the co-chief executive of Magna, cautioned there were still details to be ironed out. "In five weeks' time we should have the formal signing of the contract," he said. Continued..
Sat May 30, 2009
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany heaved a sigh of relief on Saturday over a deal with Canadian auto parts group Magna, General Motors and the U.S. government to save carmaker Opel from the imminent bankruptcy of its U.S. parent.
The accord sealed after six hours of talks in Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices still needs final approval but seemed set to ringfence Opel and its 50,000 workers in Europe from a GM Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing widely expected for Monday.
Merkel said U.S. President Barack Obama -- due to visit Germany next week -- helped swing the deal with a telephone call on Friday.
That helped clear hurdles over financing that had threatened to scupper the entire transaction and allowed GM to agree the deal with Magna about the future of its European operations, of which Opel is the centerpiece.
"I spoke on the phone with the American president yesterday and we were in agreement that we had to do everything possible to come up with a good result for this complicated task," Merkel told reporters. "That conversation clearly influenced the negotiations last night."
Labour leader Klaus Franz said some Opel workers arriving for early Saturday shifts hugged each other in spontaneous celebrations even though some worried the proud company, which traces its roots to the 19th century, was not out of the woods.
"This was pure emotion," Franz told Reuters Television. "I have to see now how to get the adrenaline levels down."
Opel workers favored Magna over rival suitor Fiat even though Magna will cut some 11,000 jobs in Europe, a quarter in Germany. Plants in Belgium and Britain may not survive.
"It's really super," said one beaming Opel worker as he headed into Opel's main plant in Russelsheim at 6 a.m.
"It's good that we're still alive," said one middle-aged Opel factory worker. "But we still have to see what comes out of all this, where jobs will be cut. We'll probably end up having to pay the bill. But the main thing is: we're still alive."
There was no word on the fate of plants outside Germany, including two in Britain, where unions have accused the government of being much less energetic about saving jobs.
Like its parent GM, Opel has suffered acutely from world recession. Its fate has gripped Germany, where the auto industry remains a potent symbol of the country's postwar recovery.
Merkel faces an election in September and was keen to avert large job losses.
Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck emerged from the marathon meeting at 2:15 a.m. to tell journalists a comprehensive deal was agreed that included bridge financing worth 1.5 billion euros ($2.1 billion) and a trustee model for the carmaker.
Siegfried Wolf, the co-chief executive of Magna, cautioned there were still details to be ironed out. "In five weeks' time we should have the formal signing of the contract," he said. Continued..
Monday, June 1, 2009
成績差禁考大學？學者：可笑
媒體報導，教育部研擬修法，高中生成績太差，將禁止報考大學。前台大代理校長郭光雄質疑，教育部這個決策很可笑，似乎是將大學招不到學生降低招生門檻的責任，全部歸罪於高中生。
媒體報導，為避免七分可上大學情況重演，教育部研擬限制成績太差的高中生，當年度報考大學。前台大代理校長、現任台大動物研究所教授郭光國批評教部育的政策思考「可笑」。郭光國質疑，學校、老師教學、我們的教育政策、廣設大學，鼓勵上大學等等，都沒問題嗎？他強調，學生有均等的受教權，但不代表所有人都要受同樣的教育，現在的教育問題其實是十幾二十年前決定的政策產生的結果，冰凍三尺非一日之寒。因此，呼籲教育部制定教育政策前應審慎，不能草率。
郭光國上午出席台聯反對中生來台、承認中國學歷記者會，主動針對教育部研擬修法，禁止成績太差高中生報考大學一事發表看法。
媒體報導，教育部研擬修法，高中生成績太差，將禁止報考大學。前台大代理校長郭光雄質疑，教育部這個決策很可笑，似乎是將大學招不到學生降低招生門檻的責任，全部歸罪於高中生。
媒體報導，為避免七分可上大學情況重演，教育部研擬限制成績太差的高中生，當年度報考大學。前台大代理校長、現任台大動物研究所教授郭光國批評教部育的政策思考「可笑」。郭光國質疑，學校、老師教學、我們的教育政策、廣設大學，鼓勵上大學等等，都沒問題嗎？他強調，學生有均等的受教權，但不代表所有人都要受同樣的教育，現在的教育問題其實是十幾二十年前決定的政策產生的結果，冰凍三尺非一日之寒。因此，呼籲教育部制定教育政策前應審慎，不能草率。
郭光國上午出席台聯反對中生來台、承認中國學歷記者會，主動針對教育部研擬修法，禁止成績太差高中生報考大學一事發表看法。
Welcome to a dying industry, journalism grads
Barbara Ehrenreich
Sunday, May 31, 2009
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The dean gave me some very strict instructions about what to say today. No whining and no crying at the podium. No wringing of hands or gnashing of teeth. Be upbeat, be optimistic, he said - adding that it wouldn't hurt to throw in a few tips about how to apply for food stamps.
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So let's get the worst out of the way right up front: You are going to be trying to carve out a career in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. You are furthermore going to be trying to do so within what appears to be a dying industry. You have abundant skills and talents - it's just not clear that anyone wants to pay you for them.
Well, you are not alone.
How do you think it feels to be an autoworker right now? And I've spent time with plenty of laidoff paper mill workers, construction workers and miners. They've got skills; they've got experience. They just don't have jobs.
So let me be the first to say this to you: Welcome to the American working class.
You won't get rich, unless of course you develop a sideline in blackmail or bank robbery. You'll be living some of the problems you report on - the struggle for health insurance, for child care, for affordable housing. You might never have a cleaning lady. In fact, you might be one. I can't tell you how many writers I know who have moonlighted as cleaning ladies or waitresses. And you know what? They were good writers. And good cleaning ladies too, which is no small thing.
Let me tell you about my own career, which I think is relevant, not because I'm representative or exemplary in any way, but because I've seen some real ups and downs in this business.
I didn't start out to be a freelance writer or a journalist, but after a number of false starts and digressions, I discovered that's what I really loved doing. In about 1980, I was a single mother of two small children, and my work quota was four articles or columns a month. I did my research at the public library. I bought my clothes at Kmart or consignment stores. The kids did not get any special lessons or, when the time came, SAT prep courses.
Then came the fat times, in the '90s, which I realize now were an anomaly in the history of journalism. The industry was booming; editors would take me out for three-course lunches in Manhattan. I'll never forget one of those lunches: It was with the top editor of Esquire, and I was trying to pitch him a story on poverty. He looked increasingly bored as we got through the field greens with goat cheese, the tuna carpaccio and so forth - until we finally got to the death-by-chocolate dessert, and he finally said, "OK, do your thing on poverty - but make it upscale."
It was still an uphill struggle to write what I cared about, but at least I was getting generously paid - up to $10 a word by Time magazine. Imagine that - $10 a word. Most Americans would be happy to make $10 an hour.
Then, bit by bit, it all began to fall apart. The news weeklies: Time let me go in 1997. The book publishing industry was in tatters by 2005. And then the newspapers began to shrink within my hands or actually disappear. I was beginning to feel a certain kinship with blacksmiths and elevator operators when the recession hit in 2008, and every single income stream I had began to dry up.
But it was the recession, of course, that saved me from self-pity. I began to get sick and tired of the typical media recession story - which was about rich people having to cut back on the hours they spend with their personal trainers. All right, I realize those are man-bites-dog stories compared to a story about a laid-off roofer being evicted from his trailer home. But it seemed to me that the recession had absolutely eliminated the poor and the working class from the media consciousness. Once again, they had disappeared from sight.
So a couple of weeks ago, I pitched a certain well-known newspaper a series of reported essays on precisely this topic. They took it - but at about only one-quarter of what they had paid me for writing columns five years ago, barely enough to cover expenses. That bothered me. But then I had a kind of epiphany and realized: I've got to do this anyway. I'm on a mission, and I'll do whatever it takes.
Which brings me back to the subject of journalism as a profession. We are not part of an elite. We are part of the working class, which is exactly how journalists have seen themselves through most of American history - as working stiffs. We can be underpaid, we can be jerked around, we can be laid off arbitrarily - just like any autoworker or mechanic or hotel housekeeper or flight attendant.
But there is this difference: A laid-off autoworker doesn't go into his or her garage and assemble cars by hand. But we - journalists - we can't stop doing what we do.
As long as there is a story to be told, an injustice to be exposed, a mystery to be solved, we will find a way to do it. A recession won't stop us. A dying industry won't stop us. Even poverty won't stop us because we are all on a mission here. That's the meaning of your journalism degree. Do not consider it a certificate promising some sort of entitlement. Consider it a license to fight.
In the '70s, it was gonzo journalism. For us right now, it's guerrilla journalism, and we will not be stopped.
Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of "This Land is Their Land: Reports From a Divided Nation" (Holt Paperbacks, April 2009). She delivered this commencement address to the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism class of 2009 on May 16. Contact us at forum@sfchronicle.com.
This article appeared on page H - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle
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The dean gave me some very strict instructions about what to say today. No whining and no crying at the podium. No wringing of hands or gnashing of teeth. Be upbeat, be optimistic, he said - adding that it wouldn't hurt to throw in a few tips about how to apply for food stamps.
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* Consumers win with court's Prop. 64 decision 06.01.09
* Don't throw away the key on juvenile offenders 06.01.09
* How we killed Berkeley's 'Naked Guy' 06.01.09
So let's get the worst out of the way right up front: You are going to be trying to carve out a career in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. You are furthermore going to be trying to do so within what appears to be a dying industry. You have abundant skills and talents - it's just not clear that anyone wants to pay you for them.
Well, you are not alone.
How do you think it feels to be an autoworker right now? And I've spent time with plenty of laidoff paper mill workers, construction workers and miners. They've got skills; they've got experience. They just don't have jobs.
So let me be the first to say this to you: Welcome to the American working class.
You won't get rich, unless of course you develop a sideline in blackmail or bank robbery. You'll be living some of the problems you report on - the struggle for health insurance, for child care, for affordable housing. You might never have a cleaning lady. In fact, you might be one. I can't tell you how many writers I know who have moonlighted as cleaning ladies or waitresses. And you know what? They were good writers. And good cleaning ladies too, which is no small thing.
Let me tell you about my own career, which I think is relevant, not because I'm representative or exemplary in any way, but because I've seen some real ups and downs in this business.
I didn't start out to be a freelance writer or a journalist, but after a number of false starts and digressions, I discovered that's what I really loved doing. In about 1980, I was a single mother of two small children, and my work quota was four articles or columns a month. I did my research at the public library. I bought my clothes at Kmart or consignment stores. The kids did not get any special lessons or, when the time came, SAT prep courses.
Then came the fat times, in the '90s, which I realize now were an anomaly in the history of journalism. The industry was booming; editors would take me out for three-course lunches in Manhattan. I'll never forget one of those lunches: It was with the top editor of Esquire, and I was trying to pitch him a story on poverty. He looked increasingly bored as we got through the field greens with goat cheese, the tuna carpaccio and so forth - until we finally got to the death-by-chocolate dessert, and he finally said, "OK, do your thing on poverty - but make it upscale."
It was still an uphill struggle to write what I cared about, but at least I was getting generously paid - up to $10 a word by Time magazine. Imagine that - $10 a word. Most Americans would be happy to make $10 an hour.
Then, bit by bit, it all began to fall apart. The news weeklies: Time let me go in 1997. The book publishing industry was in tatters by 2005. And then the newspapers began to shrink within my hands or actually disappear. I was beginning to feel a certain kinship with blacksmiths and elevator operators when the recession hit in 2008, and every single income stream I had began to dry up.
But it was the recession, of course, that saved me from self-pity. I began to get sick and tired of the typical media recession story - which was about rich people having to cut back on the hours they spend with their personal trainers. All right, I realize those are man-bites-dog stories compared to a story about a laid-off roofer being evicted from his trailer home. But it seemed to me that the recession had absolutely eliminated the poor and the working class from the media consciousness. Once again, they had disappeared from sight.
So a couple of weeks ago, I pitched a certain well-known newspaper a series of reported essays on precisely this topic. They took it - but at about only one-quarter of what they had paid me for writing columns five years ago, barely enough to cover expenses. That bothered me. But then I had a kind of epiphany and realized: I've got to do this anyway. I'm on a mission, and I'll do whatever it takes.
Which brings me back to the subject of journalism as a profession. We are not part of an elite. We are part of the working class, which is exactly how journalists have seen themselves through most of American history - as working stiffs. We can be underpaid, we can be jerked around, we can be laid off arbitrarily - just like any autoworker or mechanic or hotel housekeeper or flight attendant.
But there is this difference: A laid-off autoworker doesn't go into his or her garage and assemble cars by hand. But we - journalists - we can't stop doing what we do.
As long as there is a story to be told, an injustice to be exposed, a mystery to be solved, we will find a way to do it. A recession won't stop us. A dying industry won't stop us. Even poverty won't stop us because we are all on a mission here. That's the meaning of your journalism degree. Do not consider it a certificate promising some sort of entitlement. Consider it a license to fight.
In the '70s, it was gonzo journalism. For us right now, it's guerrilla journalism, and we will not be stopped.
Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of "This Land is Their Land: Reports From a Divided Nation" (Holt Paperbacks, April 2009). She delivered this commencement address to the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism class of 2009 on May 16. Contact us at forum@sfchronicle.com.
This article appeared on page H - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle
通用聲請破產 轉型國營企業
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* 中國時報
* 【楊明暐／綜合五月卅一日外電報導】
美國通用汽車公司（ＧＭ），一日將依美國《破產法》第十一章規定聲請破產保護。美國財政部準備至少再挹注三百億美元資金。連同原先的一九四億美元，對通用的投資將逼近五百億美元，擁有新公司七二．五％股權，這家美國最大的汽車製造商將成為國營企業。
在通用聲請破產保護進入倒數計時之際，通用二七二億美元無擔保公司債持有人的逾半數，於五月卅日表決通過支持通用的重組計畫，確保未來的破產法律進程能夠順利進行。
美政府將持有逾七成二股權
根據這項重組計畫，債券持有人的債權將轉換為一○％股權，未來將有權以較低價格再買進一五％股權，持股比例達二五％。歐巴馬政府官員表示，少數負嵎頑抗的債券持有人屆時將會一無所有。
通用聲請破產保護可說已確定。有關傳聞持續了幾個月，通用還能撐到今天，其實靠的是美國財政部提供的一九四億美元貸款。
通用汽車的難兄難弟克萊斯勒四月卅日聲請破產保護，或可作為通用重整的參考。與克萊斯勒一樣，通用也將賣掉旗下多個品牌，並關閉若干工廠、裁撤多家經銷商。克萊斯勒只花一個月時間，即有希望走出破產法庭。不過美國政府一名官員認為，六十到九十天的時程對通用比較適宜。
將啟用閒置工廠 生產小型車
聯合汽車工會（ＵＡＷ）五月廿九日表示，他們已和通用達成協議，在雙方分別做出讓步後，通用將可大幅降低成本和負債，有望早日走出破產法庭。通用當天還宣布，將重新啟用美國一間閒置的工廠，用來生產小型汽車。在正常情況下，通用每年夏天會讓工廠停工兩周，不過今年有些工廠將停工長達九周。
重組過程中，通用最有效率的工廠、經銷商、品牌和其它資產可望在二到三個月脫離破產保護。然而，破產法庭要處理完通用虧錢的工廠以及鉅額債務，至少需時六至十八個月。在此期間，通用股票不可能公開交易。就算通用股票開始交易，值多少錢也難確定。按通用四月所提報告，該公司完成重組後，普通股的股權總值約為二五○億美元，而上周五通用股票的收盤價為每股七十五美分，換言之，市值僅剩下四億五千萬美元，與二五○億美元相比差距實在不小。
* 2009-06-01
* 中國時報
* 【楊明暐／綜合五月卅一日外電報導】
美國通用汽車公司（ＧＭ），一日將依美國《破產法》第十一章規定聲請破產保護。美國財政部準備至少再挹注三百億美元資金。連同原先的一九四億美元，對通用的投資將逼近五百億美元，擁有新公司七二．五％股權，這家美國最大的汽車製造商將成為國營企業。
在通用聲請破產保護進入倒數計時之際，通用二七二億美元無擔保公司債持有人的逾半數，於五月卅日表決通過支持通用的重組計畫，確保未來的破產法律進程能夠順利進行。
美政府將持有逾七成二股權
根據這項重組計畫，債券持有人的債權將轉換為一○％股權，未來將有權以較低價格再買進一五％股權，持股比例達二五％。歐巴馬政府官員表示，少數負嵎頑抗的債券持有人屆時將會一無所有。
通用聲請破產保護可說已確定。有關傳聞持續了幾個月，通用還能撐到今天，其實靠的是美國財政部提供的一九四億美元貸款。
通用汽車的難兄難弟克萊斯勒四月卅日聲請破產保護，或可作為通用重整的參考。與克萊斯勒一樣，通用也將賣掉旗下多個品牌，並關閉若干工廠、裁撤多家經銷商。克萊斯勒只花一個月時間，即有希望走出破產法庭。不過美國政府一名官員認為，六十到九十天的時程對通用比較適宜。
將啟用閒置工廠 生產小型車
聯合汽車工會（ＵＡＷ）五月廿九日表示，他們已和通用達成協議，在雙方分別做出讓步後，通用將可大幅降低成本和負債，有望早日走出破產法庭。通用當天還宣布，將重新啟用美國一間閒置的工廠，用來生產小型汽車。在正常情況下，通用每年夏天會讓工廠停工兩周，不過今年有些工廠將停工長達九周。
重組過程中，通用最有效率的工廠、經銷商、品牌和其它資產可望在二到三個月脫離破產保護。然而，破產法庭要處理完通用虧錢的工廠以及鉅額債務，至少需時六至十八個月。在此期間，通用股票不可能公開交易。就算通用股票開始交易，值多少錢也難確定。按通用四月所提報告，該公司完成重組後，普通股的股權總值約為二五○億美元，而上周五通用股票的收盤價為每股七十五美分，換言之，市值僅剩下四億五千萬美元，與二五○億美元相比差距實在不小。
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