Chrysler sale sudden, but could be positive, Barkey says

By KEITH ROYSDON, Star Press 
kroysdon@muncie.gannett.com

MUNCIE -- The announcement that troubled automaker Chrysler would be sold to a private investment group was sudden and full of unknowns, but could be positive, observers said Monday.

"It's a new script," said Patrick Barkey, a former Ball State University economist now at the University of Montana. "It really emphasizes the risk in this whole venture. We used to think of the Big Three (automakers) as stable."