Showing posts with label GM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GM. Show all posts
Friday, November 6, 2015

No bailouts, Let 'em sink. Nobody too big to fail

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Dear old Uncle Sam has gotten into the habit of bailing out big companies that get into trouble.  GM, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and AIG are t...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

We need some scalps

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Great Depression 2.0 started six years ago.  I know there was some malfeasance, skullduggery, and just plain stupidity in the big banks.  Th...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

It's acceptable even if it doesn't meet spec.

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This from Mary Barra, new GM CEO to a Congressional committee investigating the GM ignition switch failures.   In all my career in engineer...
Monday, March 17, 2014

Beating up on GM, some more

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The get-GM crowd is in full cry.  Defective ignition switches on a huge batch of GM cars.  The switches would occasionally fail and kill the...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

What's good for General Motors?

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According to a Wall St Journal op-ed, retreating from the car market and specializing in SUV's and pickup trucks is the way to go.  Goin...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

"A Fire Brand Departs From GM"

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Headline in yesterday's Wall St Journal.  From the headline one can see that the Journal is not in favor.  The firebrand in question, Jo...
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Light Duty Trucks or Light Trucks

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Just watched a GM ad on Fox. Camera pans across a car showroom full of shiny pickups and SUV's. The voice over describes them as ...
Saturday, October 20, 2007

Putting a Little Pizzazz in the Family Sedan (WSJ)

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The article leads off with an attractive picture of a bright red '08 Chevy Malibu. "The everyday family sedan is undergoing a tran...