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• Chrysler Down to the Wire in Deal Over $6.9 Billion Debt

  BNET - 2009-04-29

  Borrowing a sports term, Chrysler has a long history as the "Cardiac Kids" of the U.S. auto industry. Its current situation is no exception, with one day to go to avoid bankruptcy. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, Litigation, Personal Finance, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Jim Henry

• Options are Severely Limited for GM, Chrysler

  BNET - 2009-04-16

  Rightly or wrongly, complex strategies are often reduced to slogans. "Join or Die" served the American Colonies in the Revolution, and now fits Chrysler. "Cut or Die" are GM's options. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Strategy, Management, Jim Henry

• 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 Unlikely to Survive As-Is, Analyst Says

  BNET - 2009-02-19

  Parts of Chrysler may survive, but the company is unlikely to survive in its present form, even with government support, said Craig Cather, president and CEO of CSM Wordwide. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, CSM, Litigation, Personal Finance, Government, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Jim Henry

• 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

• Fiat is Past, Present and Future Partner of GM, Ford and Chrysler

  BNET - 2009-01-23

  Fiat sure gets around. Before its proposed hook-up with Chrysler, Fiat was already in a platform-sharing deal with Ford. Fiat also had a disastrous brush with GM a few years ago. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Fiat, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Manufacturing, Strategy, Management, Jim Henry

• From the Chrysler/Fiat Alliance: Green Cars?

  BNET - 2009-01-23

  There are some intriguing synergies for shared environmental car platforms arising from the new alliance between Chrysler and Fiat. The nonbinding deal gives the Italian automaker 35 percent of Chrysler, which in turn gets access to Fiat's fuel-efficient engines and small cars. The partnership is too new...

  Tags: Car, Alliance, Fiat, Chrysler LLC, Nuova 500, Strategy, Management, Jim Motavalli

• Bush Could Bail Out Automakers, After All

  BNET - 2008-12-12

  The cavalry might ride to the rescue of GM and Chrysler in the nick of time, after the Senate defeated a proposed auto industry bailout. President Bush may reconsider direct help. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Automobile Company, Chrysler LLC, Defeat, Jim Henry, Management, Manufacturing, Strategy, TARP, U.S. Senate

• Even With a Bailout, Can Chrysler Hang On?

  BNET - 2008-12-11

  So far, Congress has tended to treat the Detroit Big Three automakers as if they were a single entity. That's probably a good thing for Chrysler, the smallest of the group. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Robinet, Strategy, Management, Jim Henry

• Ford, GM, Chrysler Need to Narrow Bailout Debate

  BNET - 2008-11-30

  U.S. automakers need to recast the debate over an auto-industry bailout to what they see as the narrow issues at hand, like the credit crisis, and away from private jets. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Jim Henry, Management, Strategy, U.S. Senate