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...Responding to the economic crisis, last month Harley said it would cut production of new bikes this year between 10% and 13%. But analysts like Ed Aaron, of RBC Capital Markets in Denver, say that's hardly enough and that the company's sales projections are overly optimistic. In an interview last week, Bergmann, Harley-Davidson's CFO, said that given the company's plans to shed more than 10% of its workforce and close some factories, "I actually think we're going at it the right way. I think Wall Street will eventually appreciate how we're managing...
...angst is also rising for Harley-Davidson dealers like Emily Vindeni, of Glendale, Calif. In a typical month, Vindeni sells about 70 bikes at her shop. In January, however, she sold 42. Vindeni recently cut her staff by 10 people, to 65. She's reduced her inventory and lowered prices on some items. The Sportster is usually one of the slowest-selling models, "the ones we're trying to get rid of at the end of the year," she says. But soon after arriving at her showroom, the Sportster Iron 883 sold out. "They've been saying for a long...
...says it needs more money from the federal government or it will run out of cash next month. It has made some progress with its creditors and the UAW, but neither of those negotiations is final, so some of what GM can do to cut costs and improve its balance sheet will have to be taken on faith...
...have a lot of inside jokes and anachronisms. When you include an Edgar Allan Poe reference, for instance, is that just an inside joke that only a handful of readers would catch? JL: 18th-century fiction is itself very pastiche-y, there’s a lot of cut-and-paste quality to it, and there’s a lot of lampooning. It’s not meant to be arch; it’s fine if you don’t get it. If you do, maybe it’s amusing. 12.FM: If you wrote a historical...
...recognized by the Afghan citizenry. "There's been a major shift towards acceptance of the Taliban," military scholar Anthony Cordesman told a congressional panel last week. He noted that polling in Afghanistan shows "the number of people who feel the United States has performed well in Afghanistan has been cut in half in the last three years," from 68 percent in 2005 to 32 percent...