Rod Lache
Rod Lache
bad billion clearly cost fresh goal investors material maybe originally questions savings
Investors will have fresh questions about the feasibility of the company's $1 billion material cost savings goal in 2006. This is clearly a bad situation, but maybe not as bad as it originally appears.
incentives resulting rising scary
I don't see this as resulting in anything dramatically negative. Over time, you'll see incentives rising everywhere. But it's not anything scary yet.
bank concerned deal demand financing obtain overcome remain secured struggling unable weak
Dana is struggling to obtain secured bank financing and a bank deal may not materialize. We remain concerned that Dana will be unable to overcome weak demand outlooks.
finish given incentive progress seems
It seems pretty far-fetched to me that this thing would go into a confrontation given that at least some progress has been made and everybody's incentive to get this over the finish line.
clear damaged definitely horribly name survive
The Firestone name is horribly damaged and it's definitely not clear they can survive the damage.
depends far share
This is no big surprise. It's been rumored for some time. As far as share price, I think it depends on who they put in there. Right now there's a vacuum. If they put someone in who is shareholder-oriented, it should help.
almost conveying distance ford good impossible job obviously responsive themselves
I think it's almost impossible for Ford to distance themselves from the problem, but I think they've done a very good job conveying responsiveness to the U.S. consumer, obviously being more responsive than Firestone has.
business continues model north operating
Ford's North American operating business model continues to deteriorate,
happen launch trying worst
It's the worst thing that can happen if you're trying to launch a new product.
built guts modified platform took truck
It's an exaggeration to say they took Neon guts and built a truck over it, but took a lot of things in that platform and modified it.
car companies cost good hottest korea largest low market might move network platform single sixth small
Korea is the sixth largest car market in the world, and companies need the distribution network that Daewoo has. It also is a good platform with its low cost small car to move into China. It might not be the hottest one at the dance, but it's the only single one.