Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), while suffering through the largest auto industry malaise in generations, won't be closing legions of dealerships like General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) or Chrysler. In fact, Ford indicated that it will benefit from the closure of 2,000 auto showrooms from its domestic competitors -- one that has already filed for bankruptcy and another that is expected to shortly.Ford Motor Co posts
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Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), while suffering through the largest auto industry malaise in generations, won't be closing legions of dealerships like General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) or Chrysler. In fact, Ford indicated that it will benefit from the closure of 2,000 auto showrooms from its domestic competitors -- one that has already filed for bankruptcy and another that is expected to shortly.Continue reading Ford resists cutting dealer network, unlike GM and Chrysler
Why did Cerberus ask fired Home Depot (HD) CEO Bob Nardelli to run Chrysler?
In Monday morning news that had me scratching my groggy head, BusinessWeek reports that fired Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) CEO -- and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) alum -- Bob Nardelli is in charge of fixing Chrysler. If someone can explain to me why this makes sense, I would like to hear it.
That's because during his tenure as CEO, Nardelli systematically destroyed Home Depot's greatest strengths -- its expert sales staff and ability to supply products that customers needed in the stores. Moreover, he has no experience in the automobile industry, which depends heavily for its success on developing cars that consumers want to buy at a price they can afford.
Nardelli is not the first manager from outside the auto industry to be parachuted in to save the day. Consider Alan Mullaly, who was passed over for CEO of Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) for another GE alum, James McNerney. Mullaly took over at Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) in September 2006.
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