Word: quarters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...additional $4 billion in January to fund operating losses caused by very low levels of North American production ... If industry conditions do not improve materially, GM would access another $2 billion ... bringing the total draw to as much as $10 billion by the end of the first quarter...
...company is doing just by looking at these hard copy reports. Ford, which seems best-equipped to ride out the economic storm, puts together a forward-looking document full of boxed-off pull quotes. The more dire GM ("Recent significant declines in dealer orders are now adversely affecting first-quarter production schedules and revenue forecasts") packs its statement with charts and graphs and lots of diverting graphics. And Chrysler? It's 14-page document, half the size of the others, looks like a college sophomore's final term paper...
...lately, the wait for the café's signature Packer breakfast sandwich, which is two eggs and sausage covered in gravy on a biscuit, has been shorter than usual. On a recent Tuesday morning at 7 a.m., the restaurant was only a quarter full. "One of the drilling crews just got laid off," says waitress Theresa Steffen. "It's slowed down a little...
...While there are plenty of wasteful defense projects to consider excising as a part of this plan, Obama would be wise to focus on one that has plagued U.S. policymakers and taxpayers both for a quarter century: ballistic missile defense...
...help they need, though that may not satisfy critics who claim the companies need entirely new management. More significantly, GM has pledged to consolidate its sprawling number of brands (focusing on Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC), cut more than 20% of its remaining jobs, shutter almost a quarter of its factories and try to reduce crippling labor costs by reopening negotiations with the United Auto Workers. Ford, in its plan, stated that it would roll out all-electric models within two years...