Empresas y finanzas

Chrysler says December U.S. sales fall 53 percent



    DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler says U.S. sales fall 53 percent in December from year earlier.

    * Chrysler says US sales fell 30 percent in 2008 from prior year

    * Chrysler says offering additional discounts of up to $1,000 when customers

    finance through local credit unions in 2009

    * Chrysler says finished December with inventory of 397,569 vehicles, down 9

    percent from a year earlier

    * Chrysler says end December inventory equaled 115-day supply of sales

    (Reporting by David Bailey)