World

• UK newspaper: GM bankruptcy results from inefficiency, high costs
• GM Thailand says to continue operation
• Euro-zone jobless rate soars in April
• S. Korea's GM Daewoo to continue operation
• GM, hours away from bankruptcy, eyes comeback

• GM files for bankruptcy protection
• Majority of GM bondholders accept sweetened debt-swap deal
• Japan's parliament passes record stimulus budget
• Crude prices hit six-month high
• OECD suffers sharpest economic contraction since 1960

• Obama wants 'leaner, meaner' GM, Chrysler
• UN may postpone financial summit
• GM gets 4 bln dollars in additional aid from U.S. government
• GM Canada, workers union reach cost-saving deal
• Geithner says US financial system starting to heal

• Euro zone records trade surplus in March
• EU summit ends with concrete steps to boost employment
• Obama cuts US$17b from huge budget for fiscal year 2010
• Judge approves rapid sale of most of Chrysler assets
• US sets deadline for banks to develop capital plan