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Old 06-10-2009, 04:37 PM
 
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I don't think that the accountant at GM even knows about accounting.
well played.
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Old 06-10-2009, 04:39 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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I don't think that the accountant at GM even knows much about accounting.

That may be true!
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Old 06-10-2009, 05:38 PM
 
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GM is like a head looking up from the guillotine basket; dead and don't even know it.
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Old 06-10-2009, 09:15 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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GM is like a head looking up from the guillotine basket; dead and don't even know it.
For something dead, they still sold 191,000 vehicles in the US in May. That's 40000 more then Toyota (90000 more then Honda).
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Old 06-10-2009, 09:21 PM
 
Location: Imaginary Figment
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New GM Chairman: "I Don't Know Anything About Cars" | Econwatch - CBS News

Awe shucks ... I guess now we'll have to start hiring roofers to fix our plumbing.
Your post actually holds the answer: Would you want a mechanic or engineer to run a company or would an MBA be a wiser choice?

Do you take your taxes to your mechanic too?
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Old 06-10-2009, 09:23 PM
 
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New GM Chairman: "I Don't Know Anything About Cars" | Econwatch - CBS News

Awe shucks ... I guess now we'll have to start hiring roofers to fix our plumbing.
Isn't this par for the course!
obama wants everyone to learn on the job like him.
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Old 06-10-2009, 09:25 PM
 
Location: mancos
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For something dead, they still sold 191,000 vehicles in the US in May. That's 40000 more then Toyota (90000 more then Honda).
selling cars at a loss is nothing to brag about the more you sell the more you loose. toyota is operating at a loss also UAW is getting all thier perks.life time health and pension some of them havent been near a generous motors plant in 30 years ha ha.who can save that looser. ha ha ha
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Old 06-10-2009, 09:28 PM
 
Location: Great Falls, Montana
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Do you take your taxes to your mechanic too?
For my company trucks? Actually ... yes.

Aren't write-offs a wonderful thing?
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Old 06-10-2009, 09:50 PM
 
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Hmmm.

Helmut Panke, CEO BMW

Swiss Institute for Nuclear Research, 1976–1978, researcher; University of Munich, 1976–1978, lecturer; McKinsey & Company, 1978–1982, consultant; Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW), 1982–1985, head of planning and control, research and development division; 1985–1988, head of corporate planning; 1988–1990, head of corporate organization; 1990–1993, head of corporate strategy and...

Katsuaki Watanabe

Watanabe, who earned a degree in economics from Tokyo's Keio University, joined Toyota upon graduating from that university in 1964. He has gained experience in a broad range of activities at Toyota, primarily in corporate planning and administrative affairs. Watanabe became the general manager of the secretarial division in 1988 and moved to the Corporate Planning division as general manager in 1989.
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Old 06-10-2009, 09:56 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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For something dead, they still sold 191,000 vehicles in the US in May. That's 40000 more then Toyota (90000 more then Honda).
I could sell a bazillion widgets if I made them at $10 and sold them at $5 while my competitor made them for $6 and sold them for $7. I'd best sell myself out of business.
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