Rod Lache
Rod Lache
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.
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.
brand feeling support
My feeling is that it (the Firestone brand) is irreparably damaged, ... I don't see how or why they would try to support the brand when they have a better brand (Bridgestone) that is unscathed by this news.
brand feeling support
My feeling is that it (the Firestone brand) is irreparably damaged. I don't see how or why they would try to support the brand when they have a better brand (Bridgestone) that is unscathed by this news.
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.
activity asian critical japan mass percent strongly
It doesn't give them the critical mass they need in Japan or any other Asian market. They want to have 25 percent of the Asian market. It's very strongly implied there will be more m&a activity in the market.
assuming correctly customers employee good pricing unsure
Customers are unsure of what supplier pricing is, but they are assuming correctly that it is not as good as employee pricing.
happen launch trying worst
It's the worst thing that can happen if you're trying to launch a new product.
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.
business continues model north operating
Ford's North American operating business model continues to deteriorate,
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.
internet less move news people smart
I think it's a smart move because it's less deceptive. People who are going on the Internet can get the right news up front.
basis car decided explicitly preferred small strategy telling
They've been telling us explicitly that they haven't decided on what their small car strategy is going to be, ... But they said their discussions with Fiat have not been on the basis of a merger, and that PSA is still their preferred partner.
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.