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DETROIT — General Motors Corp. received the second piece of its government loan package Wednesday, a $5.4 billion installment that will allow the giant automaker to pay its bills and avoid running out of cash.
The latest installment, which came five days later than scheduled, brings to $9.4 billion the amount that GM has received in loans from the Treasury Department. GM is to get another $4 billion Feb. 17 when it submits a plan to the government to show how it will become viable.
