Archive for May, 2006

Earmarks – where are your federal tax dollars going?

DOE earmarks Every year you go to work, get paid, do your taxes and send in the money you owe to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). That money is [...]

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Bankruptcy as a Business Strategy

"How did you go bankrupt?"
"Two ways. Gradually, and then suddenly."
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

I was on CNBC the other night with host Larry Kudlow, Paul J. Ingrassia, President Dow [...]

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Are gas prices bringing down the home market?

Are gas prices bringing down the home market?

All my friends have been complaining about the price of gas. Trudy, commutes back and forth to work everyday. One way is 66 [...]

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York speech at Detroit Auto Show

Prepared Speech by Jerome B. York,
Assistant to Tracinda
General Motors at a fork in the road and
A Possible Solution for a Robust ResurgenceFollowing is the text of a speech given [...]

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York Interview

When Kerkorian talks, everyone listens Kerkorian is a billionaire casino owner and founder of Tracinda, an investment company, that owns 7.8 percent of General Motors. Jerome “Jerry” York [...]

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Secretary Bodman at the Indy 500 with ethanol

2006 INDIANAPOLIS 500 PRESS CONFERENCE
U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman
Thursday, May 11, 2006, Indianapolis Motor Speedway MODERATOR: It’s Ethanol Motor Day here at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. [...]

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Mark Fields- The way forward

Who is Mark Fields and how has he taken PAG from a $122 million loss in the first half of 2002 to a $166 million profit in the first half [...]

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Jay Leno makes Mark LaNeve squirm

Jay Leno makes Mark LaNeve squirm LOS ANGELES, January 5, 2006 — At 7:30 in the morning if you’re talking liquid energy it is usually coffee, not corn oil. [...]

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Fields and LaNeve

Low confidence in American brands “When I see foreign companies coming to America to make vehicles that tells me we have the best ability and the best people. [...]

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Edouard Michelin – my memories

The Electric Edouard Michelin as Generator and Transformer “Why you?” “Why Michelin tires, why a tire company?” it was the first question I asked Edouard Michelin when I saw [...]

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