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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It's sort of like giving yourself a great big garage.
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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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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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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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It wouldn't surprise me. We've seen some definite refocusing away from California.
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It wouldn't surprise me, ... We've seen some definite refocusing away from California.
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The wild card is whether consumers are really going to come out in the holidays for the Xbox 360 or just wait for Sony next year.
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The risk is that consumers are ready to go to buy a system and then you give them a chance to have second thoughts about it,
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Each cycle of console launches, the companies have a fresh start. Microsoft will likely do better with the Xbox 360.
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Right now, they're on a track that makes sense, but until it is resolved, it's not a done deal. It is a possibility.
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Bill Ford's philosophy is that he wants a team at the top of the pyramid,