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
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Anyone who was surprised by Toyota's forecast has been living on another planet.
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Anybody who was surprised by GM cutting its dividend hasn't been on this planet.
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Asian makers particularly are exploiting Detroit's 2,000 dollar per-vehicle cost-of-production disadvantage (which largely stems from the US manufacturers' enormous legacy costs) to offer stylistically and technologically more advanced vehicles.
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They must have recognized the difficulty of growing internationally without a partner, and that having an international presence outside of North America was a lot more than they had acknowledged
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I would not imagine there is any danger of any of our players freezing. They play at play at a good level and are solid players.
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Imports and transplants have eaten Detroit's lunch and are beginning to nibble at its dinner as well.
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If there is a long strike, they're both out of business. Delphi and GM, whether they like it or not, they're in bed together. They need each other to survive.
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I think all of us on Wall Street were misled not only by the company's first quarter guidance, but also by fact back in the fourth quarter, their North American margins were disappointing and terrible. I think there's real strength here, but a lot of good things were concentrated in the first quarter.
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His departure is not going to make or break the company, but the cumulative loss of the top people from Chrysler is a significant drag, although it's hard to quantify,
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In an environment where nobody's earning raises, if they turn the company around, they get rewarded.
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In the light of the fact that GM burned through $7bn in cash last year, it was clear additional urgent action was required.
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If you're talking three plants in a short period, it sounds like it's a pretty healthy number.
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but it ain't going to affect car sales soon.
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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.