David Cole
David Cole
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Jerry is a very competent guy and somebody who has very deep knowledge in the business. He could be exactly the kind of board member GM needs.
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GM Daewoo is turning out to be a real gem.
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What everyone wants, the judge as well as GM and Delphi, what they want is to come to an agreement that is mutually acceptable. That is what's still in the cards.
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Rick might have through the end of next year to show the cost savings. If GM is viewed by the media and others as not having a competitive set of new products, that's going to be a big problem.
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Since the GM strike last summer, there's been a full-court press on both sides to improve relations. They're not holding hands, but they're getting close.
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A weak GM gave everybody an ability to do things without having to worry as much, ... As GM gets stronger, it's going to put more heat on people like DaimlerChrysler.
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I have talked to the GM people and they feel they have come to a point where they can put an agreement together. I think both sides expect they will have something, and the target is the announcement of earnings.
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They're not making anywhere near the money they need to be making. The only reason we're not talking more about them is because they don't have as serious a problem as GM or Ford.
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It seems as if GM and Ford are in a real horse race to marry cars and technology,
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I thought that was an appropriate phase. They have to change pretty substantially.
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I think we haven't really connected this to quite the level we should with the sense of urgency to really begin to deal with this in a fundamental way,
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I think it's probably a good move. One of the subtle dimensions of this is that when you move like that, not everybody moves. That's an automatic opportunity to significantly restructure.
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I think the Moraine plant is probably going to continue, and get considerable investment.
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just as we did in the McCarthy era, we have offset the decline of traditional forms of repression with the development of new forms of repression. A historical comparison reveals not so much a repudiation as an evolution.