David Cole
David Cole
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I don't think a great many people really believed that (the Delphi bankruptcy) was going to happen.
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One thing they are better able to do is listen to buyers more accurately, ... If you can design it fast and build it quickly on a flexible production line, your risks of putting it in the market are greatly reduced.
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The plan will include a great deal of white-collar job cuts. Ford's white-collar employment is similar to GM's, meaning it's disproportionately high.
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Details are still being worked out, but the point is that we're turning this disappointing situation into a positive new program that will benefit Rutgers as a whole. We hope that by setting up a committee of members of the University community who would interview potential nominees for the Rutgers Board of Governors and advise the governor on which candidates are most friendly to Rutgers, we can encourage greater communication between the state and Rutgers.
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It's sort of like giving yourself a great big garage.
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The great thing about Nintendo's games is they're very short, and it takes someone like my son no time to get the thing going.
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The president was right. If Detroit has to wait around for Washington to act, they'll be dead and buried.
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When you look at the complexity of the business, it's not really a surprise. There's a lot of legacy practices that need to be fractured. What they have now with e-technology are the tools to really get at it.
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Why should women from Rutgers and Livingston be denied the right to participate?
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We saw resistance to the initial Korean cars, but that was mainly related to quality. If the quality (of Chinese cars) is up to snuff, if the consumer feels there's value, they'll go for it.
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Visitors are turned off by employees who mispronounce local street names.
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You have to surround yourself with people who know the other parts of the company. Rick has done that. That's one of his strengths.
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Bill Ford's philosophy is that he wants a team at the top of the pyramid,
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Everyone was up in volume, but if some are up more, it means redistribution of the market, ... The real growth has come from the Koreans and Europeans while the Big Three (GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler) really suffered loss in market share.