Chrysler today paid back $5.9 billion it had borrowed from the U.S. government, along with another $1.7 billion due to the governments of Ontario and Canada. No, Chrysler isn't suddenly flush from selling cars. The money to pay back the governments comes from bonds the automaker sold to banks and private investors last week.
Chrysler borrowed $12.5 billion under the Toxic Asset Relief Program (TARP) after filing for bankruptcy in April 2009. Chrysler and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne said in a statement that returning the money was an important step for the automaker's future:
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