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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 04:19 PM Original message |
Chrysler’s Suppliers Balk, Shutting 3 Plants |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought the Obama admin was setting aside money to guarantee supplier payment. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Maybe those actions by the suppliers are based more on politics than business? n/t |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. That seems likely. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Doubt it. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The AP said we're giving Chrysler $8 billion to get them through this |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. In effect |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 05:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Who cares? They spin everything. We cannot evaluate actions based on their malevolence. |
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hugo_from_TN (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. When they're in bankruptcy it's up to the court who gets paid. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 05:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. No, bankruptcy law is clear about suppliers getting a priority. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 06:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. No, it's really not that clear. The above poster is right. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Interesting timing to "pare inventories" |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. They are only losing one and a half day of production |
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targetpractice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Who would want to buy a Chrysler in the near future? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I can't wait to see what they come up with Fiat. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I'm having trouble thinking of any Fiat bought in the last thirty years |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Fiat's been out of the US market for years... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I guess we're going to see Fiats sold in the US now |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. We owned a few back in the 70s |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. FIAT cars are as high quality as any Japanese or American car these days |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I guess we're about to find out |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. I'll buy parts |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. And so It Begins |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. And not surprisingly...... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. the guy who runs fiat has made them profitable |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. Thank you hedge fund managers -- your profiteering is ripping the heart |
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Moderate2008 (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. Well they say Chrysler will pull out of this after a "quick" bankruptcy (nt) |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. No such thing as a "quick" bankruptcy. They mean that the BK *PLAN* will be proposed in 60 days |
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