DETROIT - NOVEMBER 20: A retired member of the United Auto Workers (UAW) holds his head as he listens to details of his retirement account while he attends a monthly benefits meeting at the UAW Local 22 meeting Hall on November 20, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. The Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors (GM), Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC, are appearing this week in Washington to ask for federal funds to curb the decline of the American auto industry. The city of Detroit, home to the Big Three, would be hardest hit if the government allows these auto makers to fall into bankruptcy. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

DETROIT - NOVEMBER 20: A retired member of the United Auto Workers (UAW) holds his head as he listens to details of his retirement account while he attends a monthly benefits meeting at the UAW Local 22 meeting Hall on November 20, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. The Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors (GM), Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC, are appearing this week in Washington to ask for federal funds to curb the decline of the American auto industry. The city of Detroit, home to the Big Three, would be hardest hit if the government allows these auto makers to fall into bankruptcy.

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  2. Spain's Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian (L) shakes hands with General Motors' Manager to Europe Nick Reilly (R) during a meeting in Madrid on November 20, 2009.
  3. Spain's Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian (L) poses with General Motors' Manager to Europe Nick Reilly (R) during a meeting in Madrid on November 20, 2009.
  4. Spain's Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian (L) chats with General Motors' Manager to Europe Nick Reilly (R) during a meeting in Madrid on November 20, 2009.
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  8. Officials look at the first Ford Transit Connect car produced at the Ford factory in Craiova, 230km (143 miles) east of Bucharest September 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co launched production at its Romanian plant in the southwestern city of Craiova on Tuesday, seeking to sell their award-winning Transit Connect van on eastern European markets, officials said.
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  10. Ford of Europe President John Fleming, right, poses with Romania's president Traian Basescu, left, next to the first Ford Transit Connect produced at the new Ford Motor Co. factory in Craiova, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co. launched production of its new model Transit Connect in Romania on Tuesday, two years after it took over a state auto maker in the country. The Transit Connect, a compact van, will sell for euro14,000 to euro15,600 ($20,000 to $22,000) in Romania and the United States.
  11. Ford of Europe President John Fleming, seen, at the new Ford Motor Co. factory in Craiova, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co. launched production of its new model Transit Connect in Romania on Tuesday, two years after it took over a state auto maker in the country. The Transit Connect, a compact van, will sell for euro14,000 to euro15,600 ($20,000 to $22,000) in Romania and the United States.
  12. Romanian workers walk by Ford Transit compact vans, on an assembly line of the new Ford Motor Co. factory in Craiova, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co. launched production of its new model Transit Connect in Romania on Tuesday, two years after it took over a state auto maker in the country. The Transit Connect, a compact van, will sell for euro14,000 to euro15,600 ($20,000 to $22,000) in Romania and the United States.
  13. 'Carnival Dream,' the newest and largest ship in the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet, sails down the Hudson River and past lower Manhattan as she leaves on her maiden voyage from New York, November 13, 2009. At 130,000 tons and 1,004 feet, the vessel is nearly as long as the Chrysler Building is tall.
  14. 'Carnival Dream,' the newest and largest ship in the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet, sails down the Hudson River and past midtown Manhattan as she leaves on her maiden voyage from New York November 13, 2009. At 130,000 tons and 1,004 feet, the vessel is nearly as long as the Chrysler Building is tall.
  15. In this photo provided by Carnival Cruise Lines, the 'Carnival Dream,' newest and largest ship in the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet, sails down the Hudson River and past lower Manhattan as she leaves on her maiden voyage from New York, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. At 130,000 tons and 1,004 feet, the vessel is nearly as long as the Chrysler Building is tall.
  16. In this photo provided by Carnival Cruise Lines, the 'Carnival Dream,' newest and largest ship in the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet, sails down the Hudson River and past lower Manhattan as she leaves on her maiden voyage from New York, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. At 130,000 tons and 1,004 feet, the vessel is nearly as long as the Chrysler Building is tall.

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