David Cole
David Cole
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If they say there's a 50-50 chance of a strike, my guess is there won't be one, and that this means they think there's pretty good progress. Sounds to me like he's pretty close to a deal.
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Obviously, it is an image thing. It is good to be green.
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The delay is a good thing; it means there's room for a deal here.
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There's a history of people commuting for good jobs in Maine, ... We're a mobile state because of our rural nature. To make it work as a car pooler, you need to be able to link up with people in similar situations. And the higher the price of energy, the more incentive there is to car pool. An organization like Go Maine helps find that needle in the haystack.
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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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I think it's probably a good move. One of the subtle dimensions of this is that when you move like that, not everybody moves. That's an automatic opportunity to significantly restructure.
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It's sort of like giving yourself a great big garage.
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It's sort of a critical ingredient. It's like when you mix eight or 10 chemicals and nothing happens. Then you drop this in and all of a sudden, boom, you get an explosion.
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Every one of the Big Three faces a problem right now of about $2,000 to $2,500 per vehicle produced cost disadvantage. If that plays out over time, they're all dead. It's change or die. Everything is driven by a profitable business. If you can't be profitable, you can't be in business. That is, I think, recognition that everybody is aware of.
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The average costs of an active employee is $130,000 a year, and the average cost for a retiree before Medicare is about $50,000. The savings are enormous.
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The bad news certainly isn't going to end for a while.
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The auto industry of the future will be a younger and more educated workforce. High-paying jobs for educated workers are not going away.
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They've really outgrown their Georgetown facility. This gives them a little additional capacity.
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They've got to create alignment between capacity and sales volume.