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• Should Government Fire CEOs and Write Strategy?

  BNET - 2009-03-31

  Boy, my friends are having some heated debates over this question: Should the Obama administration be dictating strategy and firing CEOs of the companies to which it offers funding? I have to say it through me off stride when I read the news Sunday morning that Rick Wagoner...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Government, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Sean Silverthorne

• Chrysler Says It Needs An Extra $2 Billion To Survive

  BNET - 2009-02-17

  Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli sent a mixed message, saying on the one hand Chrysler can survive on its own, but on the other asking for an extra government loan of $2 billion. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, Sales Strategy, Government, Sales Force Management, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Jim Henry

• Chrysler Not Out of the Woods Yet, But Fiat Deal Helps

  BNET - 2009-01-21

  Former Chrysler boss Bob Lutz jokes that based on its history, Chrysler should beware of "years ending in one." By coincidence, 2011 is about when Chrysler's new Fiat deal should start to pay off, in terms of new products. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Fiat, Chrysler LLC, Government, Manufacturing, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Jim Henry

• Five Big Questions For GM, Ford and Chrysler

  BNET - 2009-01-02

  As GM and Chrysler haggle with the Treasury Department over the final details of their first $8 billion in rescue loans, there are several questions to which we still have no answers. So in the spirit of David Letterman, here are the Top Five Unanswered Questions about the Detroit Three:...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., CEO, Workforce Management, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Strong

• Ford, GM, Chrysler Ask Congress for Money, Not Advice

  BNET - 2008-11-20

  The Detroit 3 told Congress in effect that they had their turnaround plans right where they wanted them, until the credit crisis came along and spoiled everything. And by the way, they need a government bailout. Immediately. by Jim Henry

  Tags: U.S. Congress, Chrysler LLC, Health Care, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Jim Henry

• Living Within Our Means: Automotive Edition

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-29

  Diane Lim Rogers submits: If you haven’t heard, the Treasury Department is currently considering a plan to provide $5 billion to $10 billion in aid, ASAP, to General Motors GM to help finance its possible merger with Chrysler.  And yesterday, my high school sweetheart was offered $50,000, a car, and...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, Health Care, Seeking Alpha, Diane Lim Rogers, Taxes, Free Trade, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Financial Planning, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, General Motors Corp., US Market, Transport

• Coherix Wins $2.5 Million in New Business from Four Automakers

  - 2008-04-28

  ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Coherix, an Ann Arbor-based automotive supplier, has been awarded contracts totaling more than $2.5 million from General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Honda and Chrysler to install high-tech optical-based measurement and inspection equipment at transmission plants in the United States and Mexico. Coherix utilizes industry-first 3-D...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, FINANCE, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., HARDWARE, Honda Motor Co., imaging, manufacturer, Manufacturing, Semiconductors, SOFTWARE

• VEBAs gain momentum among big firms

  - 2008-01-01

  With the Big Three automakers backing retiree health care trusts, large employers across the country are studying and considering the idea as a way to permanently discharge retiree health care liabilities. Experts predict these trusts will be increasingly appealing to certain kinds of companies. In the...

  Tags: Benefits, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, UAW

• Ford agrees to halt plant closures in union contract

  - 2007-11-05

  DETROIT, United States AFP — Struggling Ford Motor Co. has agreed to halt planned closures of six US plants in exchange for major concessions from its main union, the United Auto Workers said Monday. In a document outlining a deal reached over the weekend, the union said the agreement...

  Tags: Benefits, Chrysler LLC, closure, concession, Ford Motor Co., SOFTWARE, UAW

• Union ratifies landmark deal with Chrysler

  - 2007-10-27

  CHICAGO AFP — The United Auto Workers has ratified a landmark contract with Chrysler LLC following a six-hour strike and strong dissent among the rank-and-file, the union said Saturday. The contract, which is expected to help struggling Chrysler significantly narrow its labor cost gap with the non-unionized US plants...

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