STEVE INSKEEP, Host: NPR's business news starts with big companies getting smaller.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, Host: One company that could soon shrink is Chrysler. After receiving billions in government bailout money, the automaker is under extra pressure to restructure. Now the Reuters news agency reports that Chrysler may sell, quote, "key assets" to a French-Japanese carmaker, Renault-Nissan. Renault-Nissan denies any talks, though it has spoken to Chrysler in the past, and the two companies have plans to produce cars together. Reuters also reports that Chrysler may sell some of itself to a Canadian auto parts supplier.
After receiving billions in government bailout money, Chrysler is under pressure to restructure. Reuters reports the struggling automaker may sell "key assets" to the French-Japanese carmaker Renault-Nissan. The wire service also reports that Chrysler may sell an Illinois assembly plant to a Canadian auto parts supplier.