47 Quotes by John Novak

It's an area that could support a corporate headquarters of that size. You're talking about a business that gets considerable support from its global operations. I think Nashville is large enough where you could attract the talent.

It will send a message to the UAW that shareholders are also sharing in the pain, and the union members are not the only ones being asked to make concessions.

They did everything they could to present a good financial picture. In some cases, they bent the rules to do it.

They were running out of overtime money. They need to go back to the RTM and get more money.

These suppliers who are dealing with 20% or 30% or 40% increases in raw materials, you can't expect them to absorb that pain indefinitely.

I'm not sure anybody can really determine what the economic impact will be at this point.

In many ways, this deal raises more questions than it answers at this point. They haven't provided any details of what they're offering, so it's tough to calculate the economic impact this could have without putting any numbers around this.

I'm not surprised by the bidding. But you're now getting to the point of the company being fully valued. I guess the question I would ask if I was a Thyssen shareholder is, Is this a good use of the money?

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