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
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GM is losing market share overall, but mostly because of its fleet sales. GM's sales to actual retail customers were up a bit in February, so its total market share is down, but in the units that really count, the results weren't that bad.
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GM has to solve its problems (in the United States) before it can be profitable again. China is not going to bail out the company.
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GM had an unusually weak November a year ago. It made a big push in December last year, a big push in the summer, and November was kind of a lull.
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If it wasn't GM in crisis mode and the whole feeding frenzy going on in the media, a small restatement like this wouldn't get any attention.
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You have to admire them. Even with $4,000 in incentives, they're still making money...You compare that with how GM and Ford are doing in North America, and you have to give them a medal.
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Padilla is a very able (executive), but he is also the old guard. Padilla is out because Ford wants his own people. That's my view.
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I think the losses at Ford and GM are at their maximum right now. If I'm right, and it becomes clear the losses are shrinking, the stocks may act a little better. But I'm not convinced enough right now to buy them myself.
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I think the effect has already been felt on Ford's earnings because Ford and the other automakers book themselves in profits when they produce and ship the cars to the dealers,
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I think the companies are coming out of it with a contract they can live with, but not with any major reductions in their employment costs.
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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.
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It goes to the 'equality of sacrifice' principle embraced by the union. It may make it easier for GM to get concessions from the rank and file.
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I think they will cut the dividend today. They should say something about the dividend one way or the other. Financially, GM shouldn't be paying any dividends at all.
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I think that's highly unlikely, ... I think they will probably negotiate an agreement with the union to reduce health care costs this year.
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I think that the sales drop is temporary. Explorer buyers, or some of the buyers, may be buying Ford's new small Escape SUVs or waiting until the new Explorer itself comes out after the first of the year.