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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Both Ford and G.M. are saddled with these legacy costs that they're negotiating with the union. Beyond that, there isn't much they can do but continue to attack their single largest cost: purchased materials.
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Detroit was an island surrounded by prosperity this year. The big SUV sales collapsed and did a number on their profitability. Both GM and Ford will lose a little market share in 2006, but not at the rate of 2005.
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If there is a long strike, they're both out of business. Delphi and GM, whether they like it or not, they're in bed together. They need each other to survive.
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A Jan. 4 reporting date for 'December' sales provides both the temptation and the opportunity for some creative finagling of the sales numbers.
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It's more trouble for the suppliers. Partly, it's a reflection of the fact that Ford and GM are shrinking to reckon with lower market share. And so there's less business to go around for the suppliers.
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It's strange. I don't even know about friends, what they think about me, ... You don't really know who you can trust.
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It's still a very profitable segment. That's why everyone is getting into it. But you will definitely see more incentives.
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The bearishness is overdone. This is probably the part of the cycle where you'd do well owning auto stocks if you have some patience.
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They've got to get these operations turned around. By 2007, I think that will begin to happen.
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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.
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These pills can be useful pills, but they don't match up to the hype we've had that they really cure the illness.
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It's not bet-the-company, but it's pretty darn important. Well, maybe it is bet-the-company.
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I'm not sure how significant that is because these warped market shares were caused by the strike that is now over.
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Imports and transplants have eaten Detroit's lunch and are beginning to nibble at its dinner as well.