Resistance is futile

http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=91357

Auto industry analyst Rob Golding...observed that the financial markets
appear to have heavily backed the Japanese carmakers to succeed in the
long-term.

"What is truly staggering is the degree to which shareholders still
believe that in the mass market, it is really only the Japanese who are
a guaranteed, all-weather money-making machine. [In terms of market
capitalization] Toyota is worth a whopping $192 billion and Honda is
worth $63 billion. Nissan, despite its recent fall from grace, is worth
$45 billion.

"Toyota is worth more than the entire European car industry put
together - Daimler included. Honda is worth more than Ford [$16.5
billion], GM [$17.7 billion] and the Korean stocks [Hyundai and Kia]
put together, and Nissan could vacuum up all of the new companies in
China and India without pausing for a share issue."
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Market caps as of the close of trading, 21 May 2007

 

Resistance is futile....sounds like a Borg Warning

 

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Um...I thought that was why he said it that way.

But then, I'm a Trekkie, so...

Natalie

 

So that makes him a Borg Warner?? ;>)

 

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OK, you have this coming:

*fwap*

Natalie

 

No, he is just transmitting his opinion.
Double tap

 

It was good for me;>)

 

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Pervert

Natalie

 

baliff, whack his pee pee!
(i'm a pythoner, myself.)

 

9mm

 

CZ-PO1

 

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Me too!

Oops- this *started* as a car topic...

Natalie

 

I don't think that's all that interesting of an observation. GM literally
has borrowed all it can, and Ford has too. The market is really forced to
accept that, if the bank says so. Does that make sense? If I borrow all
the bank will let me, then my net worth has gotta be near zero. The bank
says so, and everybody else better go along.

The deciding factor is not the markets, it's when the bank starts getting
scared.

 

"Joe" <...
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| "George Orwell"
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| > Auto industry analyst Rob Golding...observed that the financial markets
| > appear to have heavily backed the Japanese carmakers to succeed in the
| > long-term.
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| I don't think that's all that interesting of an observation. GM literally
| has borrowed all it can, and Ford has too. The market is really forced to
| accept that, if the bank says so. Does that make sense? If I borrow all
| the bank will let me, then my net worth has gotta be near zero. The bank
| says so, and everybody else better go along.
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| The deciding factor is not the markets, it's when the bank starts getting
| scared.
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But what scares them? Bad business, no?

Natalie

 

Ouch!

Larry
Behold Beware Believe

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: > Natalie
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No, here are the perverts:

http://www.news24.com/News24/Entertainment/Abroad/0,,2-1225-1243_2116755
,00.html

or http://tinyurl.com/2n9ksg

 

Sometimes it makes one wonder, Natalie....We have seen people like Donald
Trump get up
projects in which he risks none of his money, and when they fail (as
happened a few years ago)
the banks and investors lose millions. Still, he can always get people to
put money into his
projects, I guess because he wins more than he loses.

People dont really believe that GM or Ford will really go down for the
count. Historically,
it has been rare for this to happen to such large industries. But it HAS
happened.

Time will tell.

 

Give'm another...

DAS

For direct replies replace nospam with schmetterling

 

Could break up/be broken up.

DAS

For direct replies replace nospam with schmetterling

 

Those are possibilities. If they choose to take bankruptcy, then stocks can
become worthless,
contracts can be cancelled, and the company may be allowed to reorganized
without harrassment
by creditors...

An example of a company that went to hell in a handbasket was PanAm...Even
restructuring
under bankruptcy protection couldnt save them.