Democrats demand U.S. Big 3 offer survival plan (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Democratic congressional leaders, seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers, demanded executives provide a business survival plan in exchange for their support of up to $25 billion (16 billion pounds) in loans.

Small lenders criticise FDIC scheme (Financial Times)
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation may on Friday revise a $1,400bn programme to guarantee bank debt on concerns the scheme could undermine the market for overnight loans between banks and unfairly disadvantage community lenders.

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