NYT :: Business

G.M. Is Trying to Ease a Crushing Debt Load

As the Big Three Detroit automakers campaign for a federal bailout, General Motors is pleading with its anxious bankers and bondholders to lighten its debt burden.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/business/04swap.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/business/04swap.html" border="0"/></a></span>