David Healy
David Healy
David Jonathan Healy, MBEis a Northern Irish former footballer and now football manager who is in charge at NIFL Premiership club Linfield...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth5 August 1979
engine gm terms work
On paper, it could make GM more efficient, but what may work in terms of an engine may not work in terms of styling,
gm program
One of the necessities of the restructuring program is to downsize. GM has too many plants, too many people, and too many models.
finding interested quarter surprised third
I would be surprised if they show a third quarter that's better than my numbers, and I'd be interested in finding out why.
decline guess market product share side skeptical turn
I guess I'm a little skeptical about the product side of this restructuring. Can they turn around the decline in market share with their new product?
anytime coming gasoline interest percent
Barring something we don't see coming, like $2 gasoline or 10 percent interest rates, I don't see the slowdown coming anytime soon.
billion guess profits reduce strike
My guess the strike will reduce profits by well over a billion dollars.
cause chrysler likes market obviously
Obviously the market likes the Chrysler deal, ... But this doesn't have to cause a cascade of other mergers.
deal expecting extremely great quarter uglier ugly
I was expecting an extremely ugly quarter but this was a great deal uglier than I'd thought.
addition board continue cut expecting hear ought pay result since surprised though york
I was expecting an announcement on the dividend today, so I was surprised that we didn't hear anything about it. They ought to cut it for tactical reasons, even though they can continue to pay it since they have enough liquidity. The addition of York on the board may still result in that.
case chrysler lost market
I think Chrysler lost a lot of market share, which has not been the case for Mercedes.
close gm happen likely million numbers pass strength thanks toyota vehicles volume
I think GM's numbers will be close to 9.1 million to 9.2 million vehicles in 2006 thanks to its strength in the Asia-Pacific market. It's likely that Toyota will pass GM in volume worldwide, but I don't think it's going to happen in 2006.
addition billion gm
I still think it's unlikely, ... I think GM has the liquidity it needs. In addition to the cash, it has $50 billion in untapped borrowing.
bring eventually fields mark might outside possible
I think Mark Fields will eventually be COO, but it's possible they might still bring in someone from outside the company.
management plans reasonable though time
I think it's reasonable to give the new management time to look over the details, though I don't know how Ford's plans are going to change.