here in the states was the auto bailout was a wild success, but it terms out the government losing a lot of money over the fwch gm bailout. >> they bought 61% of general motors. according to the latest quarterly report, $9.7 billion loss has been booked so far and they only have about 7.3% left which is equivalent to $101.3 million shares left. coincidently, the company is due to report numbers. e