David Cole
David Cole
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GM Daewoo is turning out to be a real gem.
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We are in a very competitive telecommunications market in Texas, so it was only natural that we would ask our auditing firm what it was doing for a major competitor of ours.
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You have one part of the pickup market that is not going to change, but most will shop around, ... It's good to have loyal customers, but it's not 90 percent or even 70 percent.
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We're happy that the court has struck these three provisions down, but we're still troubled by the broader expanse of the statute.
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This will not be the only company where you're going to see this kind of comment.
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People are going to look at this and say this is pretty rich wage increases for people who already make a lot of money. But the opportunities to improve productivity are still pretty high. A few years ago, 30 to 35 hours a vehicle was what was accepted as best practice. Now it's close to 20. The goal is now around 10.
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Over the years it had a checkered history. It became more like a college fraternity thing.
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Rob brings extensive and highly relevant experience to our Company at a critical stage in our turnaround.
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I think the biggest risk is that Gore tends to be a little less practical in his approach.
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I think that there's a lot of stuff that's going to happen over the next couple of months.
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Labor's only hope is to become a collaborative partner with management. They used to have a choice between gold and silver, and they got gold every time. Now, it's between silver and lead.
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I thought that was an appropriate phase. They have to change pretty substantially.
I think we'll see some enhancements of pensions.
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I think we haven't really connected this to quite the level we should with the sense of urgency to really begin to deal with this in a fundamental way,