June 2009 - Posts

• Legend in the making

  Henry Ford is not remembered for being easy to work with, and Alfred Sloan has various biographers cataloging his failings. While each of them was famously philanthropic, neither one was necessarily likeable. Their legacy is that they turned their visions Read More... Posted Sunday, June 28, 2009 9:09 PM by REB | 0 Comments

• See you in court

  It was not any sort of clairvoyance that led me to warn about the supply-chain dissolution that is happening as a result of the automakers’ collapse. That this would happen was pretty obvious. Watching it all come apart is discouraging, to be sure. Now, Read More... Posted Thursday, June 18, 2009 5:04 PM by REB | 0 Comments

• Save the apologies

  The coverage of General Motors and Chrysler Corp. in the past six months has been overwhelming, but it has not been too deep. The justification for federal aid to rescue these organizations from defaulting has been that they are critical to the manufacturing Read More... Posted Monday, June 08, 2009 8:12 AM by REB | 0 Comments