Word: drops
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...Overall industry sales dropped 35% in November. Ford actually beat the industry, reporting a sales drop of 30% but GM reported a 41% drop and Chrysler's fell 42%. Nissan's sales dropped 44%, Toyota fell 35% and Honda fell a similar amount. "We cannot continue to operate at these levels or the entire industry is going to go down," said Mike DiGiovanni, GM's director of market analysis, who acknowledged the steep drop in sales in October and November was devastating to the company's finances...
...some places, like northwestern Colorado and Montana, exploration could drop as much as 40% in the next few months. Experts say the resultant drop in oil and natural-gas supplies could cause energy prices to spike sometime next year, further slowing the nation's economic recovery. Last month the International Energy Association warned that oil prices could return to record highs if energy companies pull back their investments. "I worry that the downward slide in prices is causing the industry to overcorrect," says John Harpole, who runs Mecator Energy, a natural-gas broker. "We are going to see higher tops...
...precipitous drop will require Harvard’s faculties to take a “hard look at hiring, staffing levels, and compensation,” wrote University President Drew G. Faust and Executive Vice President Edward C. Forst ’82 in a letter informing the deans of Harvard’s losses...
...from this period, Forst said in an interview yesterday, as some of Harvard’s money is invested with external managers that have yet to report their latest figures. Faust and Forst wrote in yesterday’s letter that the University should plan for a 30 percent drop-off in endowment value for the year ending June...
Monday's market drop was accompanied by a mad rush to the safety of Treasury securities, where yields fell yet again. The yield on the 10-year note dropped to 2.748%. Ironically, many on Wall Street believe Treasury securities are no bargain, particularly after November's strong showing, when Treasuries delivered their best performance in more than 25 years. Merrill Lynch even issued a market report Monday morning noting that "Treasuries have moved into overvalued territory," yet added that it did not think the bull market in these securities would end anytime soon...