Things aren't too swell in Roundel world at the moment

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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 08:05 PM
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Default Things aren't too swell in Roundel world at the moment

<ul><li><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/autocorner/sns-ap-germany-bmw-job-cuts,0,7122080.story">Feeling pretty sad for them......</a></li></ul>
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 04:11 AM
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Default Why would feel sad for them?

They are cutting jobs to increase profitability.....sounds like everything in the world today.

We want more for less.....and if it costs more, we go somewhere else where it costs less.
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 05:04 AM
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Default True, and I saw on the news that yesterday the dollar hit an all time low vs the Euro.

That's not too good for any of our Euro imports, especially the auto companies whose biggest export market is the the US.
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 05:33 AM
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Default BMW had no choice. The German unions need to wake up and come into the 21st Century...

It is a matter of survival now. Do they think BMW will lower the price of their cars to sell more of them in the USA?
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 06:27 AM
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No, they won't lower prices. They may offer incentives though.
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 08:08 AM
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It was sarcasm.
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 11:02 AM
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Default Re: more work in Spartanburg SC?

<ul><li><a href="http://www.bmwusfactory.com/build/">http://www.bmwusfactory.com/build/</a</li></ul>
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Old Feb 29, 2008 | 05:54 AM
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Maybe coulda saved 5,599 of those jobs by firing Bangle years ago.
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