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
america available cost europe expected gains given margins north numbers operating
They were pretty much as expected in North America. Where they made gains was in better operating margins in Europe. Given that the market-share numbers in Europe are available and pretty unimpressive, it must be on the cost side.
america available cost europe expected gains given margins north numbers operating
They were pretty much as expected in North America, ... Where they made gains was in better operating margins in Europe. Given that the market-share numbers in Europe are available and pretty unimpressive, it must be on the cost side.
begin operations turned
They've got to get these operations turned around. By 2007, I think that will begin to happen.
coming continue ford gm north squeeze stuff
They've got some interesting new stuff coming out. They're going to continue to do better than GM and Ford in North America, but I think there'll be a squeeze on their earnings.
gm mean production strike unless until waited
A strike would be moot unless they waited until GM was back in production after the Flint strikes. If they went down now, who would care? It wouldn't mean anything.
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.
act billion burned cash company last starting
They're starting to act like a company that burned through $7 billion in cash last year.
believing chrysler hard incentive increasing problems solve time trying
They say they are not increasing their incentive spending, but I have a hard time believing that, especially with the zero-percent financing. Chrysler probably has a lot of problems with inventories, and it's trying to solve them by price-cutting.
believe concerns continues current despite last recession represents sales vehicle weakness
Despite concerns that the current sales weakness represents a new recession in vehicle sales, we believe that the explanation continues to be payback for last summer's excesses,
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.