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Lee Iacocca is an industrialist and one of the most successful businessmen in the world from the Lehigh Valley area. Iacocca was born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Allen High School and Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He is also a graduate (Masters) from Princeton University in New Jersey. Iacocca was best know as CEO of the auto maker Chrysler.
Lee Iacocca is an industrialist and one of the most successful businessmen in the world from the Lehigh Valley area. Iacocca was born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Allen High School and Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He is also a graduate (Masters) from Princeton University in New Jersey. Iacocca was best know as CEO of the auto maker Chrysler.
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GM, Chrysler on death's stoop
Of The Associated PressWhen Chrysler was near death and awaiting a government bailout in 1979, then-CEO Lee Iacocca ordered drastic spending cuts and required all checks of more than $1,000 to be approved by a senior vice president. Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. need...Tags: Government, Ford Motor Co., Colleges and Universities, Heads of State, Michigan State University
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Detroit on the defensive
Tribune correspondentDETROIT—This is not a good time to be Detroit, the city that put the world on wheels, and now the city whose corporate kingpins are begging Washington for a $25 billion bailout. In fact, the timing couldn't be worse. All that pent-up public anger...Tags: Detroit, Government, Plymouth, Freedom of the Press, Financial Markets
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Fully loaded means fuller coffers
Q How come you can't buy a car the way you want it, but rather the way they want to sell it to you? You used to be able to buy cars with or without options. Now you get a package. I want a new car but it comes with a CD player, and I don't have any CDs....Tags: Lockport, Chrysler, Libertyville, Mercedes-Benz, Warrenville
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Where's Lee Iacocca when you need him?
BusinessWeek.comAnyone who watched the Congressional hearings for a Detroit bailout will understand why Congress is waiting to vote and demanding a business plan before they approve a bridge loan. In a hostile environment, all three Detroit CEOs were utterly... -
Auto industry needs tough love: expert
The SwampUniversity of Maryland professor Peter Morici at a Senate hearing on the proposed auto industry bailout, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) by Frank James It's doubtful Peter Morici will be receiving any awards any time soon......Tags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Government, Colleges and Universities, Defense
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Bank bosses might profit by sharing in the pain
When taxpayers bailed out Chrysler Corp. in 1980, CEO Lee Iacocca acknowledged the extraordinary assistance with a sacrifice of his own. He cut his salary to a dollar a year and trimmed other executives' pay by up to a tenth. "Although my reduced...Tags: CEO Pay, Apple Inc., New York Times, Newspapers, Bank of America Corp.
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Century of success
Of The Morning CallWhen you mention the words Lehigh University and wrestling, people around the country take notice. Despite an undergraduate enrollment of less than 5,000, the university's wrestling program has become as synonymous with success as the university's...Tags: Lehigh University, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Colleges and Universities, Periodicals, Wrestling
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McCain, Obama: Couldn't be CEOs?
The Swampby Mark Silva Not everyone can run a major corporation. Particularly not John McCain or Sarah Palin, Barack Obama or Joe Biden. So says Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard and a close adviser to McCain's presidential campaign who......Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, Government, Alaska, Joe Biden
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Electric bikes selling briskly as gas prices climb
When Honora Wolfe and her husband moved to the outskirts of Boulder, Colo., she wanted an environmentally friendly way to commute to her job as a bookshop owner in the city.
Wolfe, 60, found her solution about a month ago: an electric bicycle. It gets...Tags: Alternative Energy, Amazon.com Inc., Petroleum Industry, Sales, Motorcycling
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Electric bike sales soaring as gas prices climb
NEW YORK (AP) _ When Honora Wolfe and her husband moved to the outskirts of Boulder, Colo., she wanted an environmentally friendly way to commute to her job as a bookshop owner in the city. Wolfe, 60, found her solution about a month ago: an electric...Tags: Alternative Energy, Amazon.com Inc., Petroleum Industry, Sales, Motorcycling
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A habitual pessimist looks to the Iacocca model
The saddest day in The Morning Call's long and proud history came July 22, when it became front-page official that nearly a quarter of the newspaper's 166 journalist positions would be eliminated. Also, four outlying bureaus would be closed or...Tags: Bethlehem Steel, Ford Motor Co., Newspapers, Allentown, Bethlehem (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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At long last, a hybrid from Chrysler
Better late than never?
Though it took eight years to follow Toyota's lead, Chrysler finally has unveiled its first gas/electrics, the 2009 Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango SUVs developed in cooperation with General Motors, which offers the same hybrid...Tags: Road Transportation, Chrysler, Hybrid Vehicles, Dodge, Toyota
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Nov 9, 2008
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Aug 15, 2008
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Aug 3, 2008
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Aug 10, 2008
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