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...Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, GM, Chrysler, Caterpillar, Citigroup, Bank of America and Pfizer all declined to comment....
...Chrysler, whose recent rapid growth has slowed amid a model changeover at its Jeep SUV brand, is expected to record year-on-year sales growth of 4.4 per cent....
...Ahold shares fell 3 per cent to €12.19 after Dick Boer, chief executive of the Dutch retailer, said pressure on consumer spending in the US and Europe left the company “very cautious” for the year ahead....
...Dick Gephardt, the former Democratic majority leader in the House of Representatives and a veteran of electoral battles in blue-collar towns, says Mr Obama has a leg-up this time, too....
...His father, George, was chief executive of American Motors (later acquired by Chrysler) and then the governor of Michigan....
...The Fiat and Chrysler chairman outlined his long awaited strategy and made all the usual noises about the need for consolidation....
...“They made a pass this year and made no promises for the future,” says Dick Greenblatt, the local jazz society’s president....
...I was not aware, for example, that 34 per cent of cars made by Chrysler go to buyers with subprime credit scores....
...Bush’s administration ponders how to lend General Motors and Chrysler enough funds to survive the coming months, legislators from both parties have struck positions that make tough conditions more likely...
...clear whether Mr Shelby would risk blocking a proposed bail-out, but the administration made clear yesterday that it is concerned about a potential revolt among Republicans when it sent vice-president Dick...
...Dick Fuld, Lehman’s prickly and obstinate chairman and chief executive, has turned down offers valuing it at less than book value. His pride has led to Lehman’s fall....
...His big break came as an aide to former House majority leader Dick Armey, when he helped write the “Contract with America” that helped the Republicans win control of Congress in 1994....
...Dick Cheney, vice-president, might have taken up residence in the White House by now were it not for some quick thinking by Alan Mulally, Ford Motor’s chief executive....
...At Michigan’s second gubernatorial televised debate on Tuesday night, Dick DeVos, the Republican candidate, said: “I saw the governor of the state of Michigan look straight into the camera and lie to the...
...“I saw David Thomson had a camera with him today,” noted Dick Harrington, Thomson’s exiting chief executive....
...The fund already employs Tom Stallkamp, a former Chrysler president, and Dick Donnelly, who headed General Motors’ European operations in the 1990s....
...Some General Motors, Ford and Chrysler assembly plants now reserve prime parking spots for workers who drive Detroit-built cars....
...The White House did not take kindly to public criticism by Dick DeVos, Republican candidate for Michigan governor, against Bush’s tardiness in meeting the carmakers. But that was August....
...He quickly got an angry e-mail from York – a former colleague when both were top executives at Chrysler, another of Kerkorian’s old targets....
...For GM, Ford Motor and DaimlerChrysler’s Chrysler division, the new contracts represent a break from the past where deals were typically accompanied by generous signing bonuses, extra time off and other...
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