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YANKEES WON 5-3. SUCK IT METS & RED SOX FANS!!! Author: YANKEEBOY114 Keywords: yankee yankees win the theeee new york ny nyc city 5-3 to yay yeah 26 world series john sterling michael kay stadium Added: June 17, 2009
GM declared bankruptcy yesterday and the rush is on to explain what went wrong. Here are a few explanations I found, along with some possible solutions. After 101 years, why GM failed, Peter Cohan, DailyFinance: 4. Failure to innovate. Since GM was focused on profiting from finance, it did not really care that much about building better vehicles. GM's management failed to adapt GM to changes in customer needs, upstart competitors, and new technologies. Seven reasons GM is headed to bankruptcy, Sharon Silke Carty, USA Today: When GM realized how fast 1990s buyers were switching to trucks as personal transportation, it overreacted, pouring time and money into SUVs and pickups at the expense of car development. The result: As long ago as 2000, Wall Street was warning that GM could be overcommitted to trucks and wind up out of phase if the pendulum of buyer preference swung back to cars. Once consumer tastes began changing, the market was awash in new truck models, and profits were sapped by discounts needed to keep sales boiling. Goodbye, GM, Michael Moore: The products built in the factories of GM, Ford and Chrysler are some of the greatest weapons of mass destruction responsible for global warming and the melting of our polar icecaps. The things we call "cars" may have been fun to drive, but they are like a million daggers into the heart of Mother Nature. To continue to build them would only lead to the ruin of our species and much of the planet. G.M.'s Road From Prospe