Thursday, November 21, 2013
U.S. plans to exit GM stake by year-end, may lose $10 billion
(Reuters) The U.S. Treasury Department said it expected to sell its remaining shares of General Motors Co (GM.N) by the end of the year, a plan that may leave taxpayers with a shortfall of about $10 billion on the automaker's 2009 bailout.
Treasury on Thursday said it had completed the sale of 70.2 million shares of GM stock and to date had recouped $38.4 billion from the $49.5 billion taxpayer-funded rescue of the Detroit company.
At current prices, Treasury would recoup another $1.2 billion from its remaining stake, bringing its total recovery to $39.6 billion.
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