A good report from AP on what's happing with the GM-Chryslerberus-Renault merger dance. Note that it details the numbers: GM has a minimum operating cash requirement of $14 billion and would get something like $11 billion if it merges with Chrysler. Presumably, this would buy it another year of burn (it's currently going through $1 billion a month in cash reserves to stay in business). Of course, under this scenario Chrysler is effectively gone for good.