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    • Mon Nov 17th 11:22 AM | Rating: 0 -1
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      America's Automakers in Competition with Other Governments
      Mr. Kelly forgot to mention that the cost of living in Japan is extremely high and Japan has been in a slump for years. I think a better comparison are the Japanese Auto plants that are located here, in the US. One good example would be the Toyota plant in West Virginia, an off the chart union state. The question would be - How is it that Toyota can have a plant in a heavy union state, remain very competitive and build very reliable cars? Why are GM and Ford (I'll leave Chrysler out of it since they were "German" until recently, relatively speaking) not selling as much as in the past. Why are GM and Ford not immediately recognized as reliable or quality products? Though Ford's Fusion has received high marks for reliability; that might be too little too late. Why did it take so long for Ford to do that? Why hasn't quality and reliability been GMs and Ford's #1 priority? I'm sure someone at either company reads Consumer Reports and can see the despairing differences. Article after article, fit and finish is poor, reliability is substandard... As for Chrysler, Mercedes is even a bigger offender for poor quality and reliability, according to Consumer Reports. Mr Kelly mentions Volkswagen, another giant purveyor of "crap". Another item worth mentioning, is the market. Who was guiding GM and Ford when there was shift in the market from giant SUVs to smaller cars? I say bankruptcy will be the best; maybe they can re-negotiate with the union, get their priorities straight, get better engineers or designers to square up reliability issues and build autos that are appealing - Its better that the company reorganizes and there are many job loses than the bailout, business as usual and the company goes under - everyone loses their job.
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    • Wed Jul 23rd 07:33 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Five Key Quotes from Apple's Conference Call
      Optiongirl,

      Steve Jobs to Apple is what Walt Disney was to Disney. When Walt died the company went a drift for couple decades, depending on your perspective, one might say the Eisner years were misguided. At the time of his death, I am not even sure if Disney held seat on the board, but he was there guiding the companies creative endeavors (i.e The Jungle Book and Walt Disney World in Florida).
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