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
anytime billion cash change dollars help minor quarter suppose
It's a footnote, ... I think it's a minor help to Ford's cash position. I suppose anytime you get about a quarter of a billion dollars it's welcome, but it doesn't change the big picture.
auto business might money negative pot slight stir trying
It might be a slight negative to the auto business if it distracts them from their plans. He's trying to stir up the pot to make more money for Kerkorian.
disappoint hate list panic people
It's a list of housekeeping items. I hate to disappoint the people who want to panic over all this.
auto necessary wave worldwide
It's not necessary for a wave of consolidation in the worldwide auto industry,
cash ford help large pension provide research welcome
Ford would welcome the cash for liquidity purposes, to help provide for large unfunded pension liabilities and for research and development.
cost cutting ford needs plants position sort ugly year
Ford is in the intolerable position of having too many plants and too many people, ... Cost cutting needs to come before the end of the year -- layoffs, plant closings, that sort of ugly stuff.
gm less lose money reasons
It's one of the reasons why GM will lose less money in 2006.
either fairly happen inevitably likely rather toyota
It's more likely that Toyota will overtake them in 2007 rather than 2006, but it's inevitably going to happen fairly soon, either way.
arrival board bought changes good looks plan simply sure though
It looks like they bought a good part of York's program, though I'm not sure they didn't plan these changes anyway. York's arrival on the board simply accelerated the changes.
borrowing chapter necessary problems solve wise
They have liquidity and borrowing power, ... I don't think it's necessary or even wise to solve their problems by going Chapter 11, and they don't have to.
deal early rather turned
Considering all the headwinds you had to deal with in the early part of the year, I think it turned out rather well.
cause enormous
That's the 900-pound gorilla. That could cause enormous swings.
among auto gm increase workers
That increase to me suggests that the three-way negotiations among the auto workers union, Delphi and GM are progressing.
act billion burned cash company last starting
They're starting to act like a company that burned through $7 billion in cash last year.