Posted on December 3rd, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
David Shepardson has an interesting interview with Lee Iacocca, the legendary CEO who guided Chrysler through its first government intervention, in today’s edition of the Detroit News. Iacocca talks about the Obama Administration’s bailout, the disastrous merger with Daimler and Chrysler’s prospects with Fiat. Click here to read the entire interview.
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Posted on July 25th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca was the last of four inaugural inductees into the Walter P. Chrysler Museum Legacy Circle. At ceremonies last night, Sergio Marchionne, Chrysler’s current CEO, invited Ford CEO Alan Mulally (Iacocca was with Ford before coming to Chrysler) and newly elected UAW president Bob King to join him at the podium [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Lee Iacocca, 85, the former Chrysler CEO famous for bringing the automaker back from the brink of bankruptcy in the 1980s, will be one of four people honored tonight at a gala fundraiser for the Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Iacocca, a gifted pitchman who told the American people “If you can [...]
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Posted on March 18th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Jerome P. “Jerry” York, 71, died this morning, the victim of a brain aneurysm. His passing was announced by Apple Inc. York had been a member of the Apple board of directors since 1997. “Jerry joined Apple’s Board in 1997 when most doubted the company’s future. He has been a pillar of financial and business [...]
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Posted on June 22nd, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
Lee Iacocca, Chrysler’s CEO the last time it needed financial help from Washington, says the new Chrysler Group needs to repay billions of dollars in federal loans as fast as it can. Iacocca, now 84 and living in California, was not happy to see Chrysler under government control again, but admitted the alternative was probably [...]
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Posted on June 12th, 2009 • by David Zatz
Former Chrysler Corporation chairman and CEO Lee Iacocca has signalled his approval of the Fiat-Chrysler alliance, and co-write a welcome letter to Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne. The 19,000-retiree-strong National Chrysler Retirement Association publicly offered its assistance as volunteer advisers in a Detroit News advertisement, which stated, “we would be willing to meet with [...]
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