David Healy
David Healy
David Jonathan Healy, MBEis a Northern Irish former footballer and now football manager who is in charge at NIFL Premiership club Linfield...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth5 August 1979
ceos company dependent guy half laid looks pay performance reasonable relative
Half of his pay is dependent on the performance of the company, so that looks pretty reasonable relative to the pay of other CEOs at big companies. It probably doesn't look reasonable to the guy who just got laid off.
capacity extremely half hard job
I think they're doing half of the job extremely well; that half is capacity and costs. That half of the job that's hard to tell is the new models.
auto cycle owning stocks
The bearishness is overdone. This is probably the part of the cycle where you'd do well owning auto stocks if you have some patience.
early heavy middle running sales strong
Sales were running down in the early part of the month. In the middle of the month, they launched heavy incentives, and had a very strong close.
action coming developed five growth market massively past
The market has developed massively over the past five years; this is where the action is and where the growth is coming from.
book cars earnings effect felt ford produce profits ship themselves
I think the effect has already been felt on Ford's earnings because Ford and the other automakers book themselves in profits when they produce and ship the cars to the dealers,
dependence drove earnings few fully nasty north realized shares street surprise wall
I don't think Wall Street had fully realized the dependence of GM's and Ford's North American earnings on a few light-truck models. That was the nasty surprise that drove their shares down.
easier embraced equality gm goes principle rank
It goes to the 'equality of sacrifice' principle embraced by the union. It may make it easier for GM to get concessions from the rank and file.
disrespect progress took
No disrespect to Sammy, but we've made progress from day one when Lawrie took the job,
gm mean production strike unless until waited
A strike would be moot unless they waited until GM was back in production after the Flint strikes. If they went down now, who would care? It wouldn't mean anything.
deal expecting extremely great quarter uglier ugly
I was expecting an extremely ugly quarter but this was a great deal uglier than I'd thought.
company relative size
These are small, insignificant adjustments relative to the size of the company.
engine gm terms work
On paper, it could make GM more efficient, but what may work in terms of an engine may not work in terms of styling,
definitely profitable
It's still a very profitable segment. That's why everyone is getting into it. But you will definitely see more incentives.