15 Quotes by Mirko Mikelic

It's all about market share. You can't have the cost base and keep losing market share year after year.

The bonds had a little bit of a run-up over the week, which I thought was probably a little overdone. They're still facing the same problems. In the short term they need to sell a controlling stake in GMAC, get the cash of $10 billion or more, and then resolve the Delphi situation.

They wanted to stay out there in the corporate market even though it hurts them. The coupon was huge, but they're in a serious situation.

They've made the moves they thought they needed to, like moving 30 percent of the jobs down to Mexico. That may be good for the American consumer, but it's not good for the workers. It's not easy on the economy here.

Investors know that Maytag is going to have to shed some of the businesses in order for the deal to go through.

Investors are not convinced (the deal) will necessarily go through, or at least as two firms as we know them today with the full (product) line-up.