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Leadership at US Auto Makers Must Go
Posted in Politics, business, tagged Alan Mulally, Auto bailout, Chrysler, Ford, fuel efficiency research program, GM, poor leadership in Detriot, Richard Wagoner, Robert Nardelli, three stooges of Detroit, US auto makers on December 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Let me re-introduce the three stooges of Detroit: Richard Wagoner (CEO, GM), Alan Mulally (CEO, Ford), Robert Nardelli (CEO, Chrysler). You’ve met them on a previous post. They came back to Washington DC last Thursday in hybrid cars, rather than private jets, asking again for a government bailout. They prepared a more detailed plan for how [...]
Three Stooges of American Auto Industry Need to Go Before Any Bailout
Posted in Politics, business, tagged Auto bailout, US auto makers, auto bailout hearings, auto CEO come in private jets, private jets, congressional hearing on auto bailout, Richard Wagoner, Alan Mulally, Robert Nardelli, GM, Ford, Chrysler on November 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Meet the three stooges of the American Auto Industry: Richard Wagoner (CEO, GM), Alan Mulally (CEO, Ford), Robert Nardelli (CEO, Chrysler). Maybe this is piling on, but how can three “accomplished” CEOs lack such basic common sense? Hello? Did they really fly in private jets to Washington DC with a tin cup asking for a [...]
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