Page last updated at 16:17 GMT, Thursday, 4 December 2008 The chairman of the Senate committee deciding whether to rescue the Detroit Three carmakers has said the health of the entire US economy is at stake. Democrat Christopher Dodd said that...

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Momentum was building among US lawmakers on Friday to throw a short-term lifeline to the beleaguered Detroit car industry even as they expressed fears that the aid could be wasted. Such emergency aid, required to stave off the imminent collapse...