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
benefit cash earnings neither penalty
You have an earnings penalty and a cash benefit, neither of which is overwhelming.
earnings hit smart
I think they're pretty smart to take the earnings hit now,
companies earnings major market sort stock
My thought is that this will not be a major stock market or earnings event. As recalls go, it's a lot of vehicles, but companies always make a provision for this sort of thing.
book cars earnings effect felt ford produce profits ship themselves
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,
business cyclical deserve earnings huge
The business does not deserve a huge premium. It's a cyclical business, earnings are erratic.
dependence drove earnings few fully nasty north realized shares street surprise wall
I don't think Wall Street had fully realized the dependence of GM's and Ford's North American earnings on a few light-truck models. That was the nasty surprise that drove their shares down.
cars historical inherently passenger profitable
The passenger cars are not inherently as profitable as big SUVs or big pickups, but they have to refurbish their car line, even if it doesn't get them back to historical profit margins,
great main
We did not play great but the main thing is that we won,
percent praise share
You have to praise their sense of realism, that they'll never get to a 25 percent share again. They have got to do this to survive.
good increase last light looking october overall percent sales truck versus year
With GM, I think overall you'll be looking at a 9 percent increase in October this year versus October last year in GM's light truck sales, and I think that their SUV sales will show an increase at least that big year over year. That's the good news.
agreed company conclusion union
To me it was a foregone conclusion because the union and the company had already agreed to it.
deal health losing market people several
While the (health-care) deal is a positive, they have several other challenges. They are losing too much market share. They have too many plants, too many people and too many models.
book gm starter talking trucks
What GM is talking about in my book are not hybrids. These are trucks with humongous starter motors.
attack beyond both continue costs ford largest legacy purchased single
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.