Chrysler Announces Initial Public Offering  The automaker's
stock is set to go on sale to the public in mid-November. But
that sale could be as much about brinksmanship as it is an IPO.
NPR's business news begins cars going public.   GREENE: The
automaker Chrysler filed for an initial public offering late
yesterday. After 41 consecutive months of auto sales growth, now
might seem like the perfect time for the Detroit carmaker to
sell shares to the public.  But as NPR's Sonari Glinton reports,
this sale could be as much about brinksmanship as an IPO.
SONARI GLINTON, BYLINE: Chrysler is owned by two groups. The
Italian carmaker Fiat owns about 60 percent. And the VEBA trust,
which control's the United Auto Workers retirees' health care
benefits owns the rest.  Fiat and its CEO Sergio Marchionne want
to buy to the whole company. And the VEBA trust wants to sell
but at a price.  KARL BRAUER: It's like a friend who wants to
buy your car off you versus trying to put it on eBay.  GLINTON:
Karl Brauer is with Kel