In a message dated 3/16/00 5:08:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
technical@iwnet.screaming.net writes:
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>
> GuyotLeonF@aol.com wrote:
>
> > It is probably that it will not make the news in the USA to the extent
it is
> > making it here in England...that is why I forwarded it.
> >
> > If it is upsetting folk to this extent, perhaps I should stop.
> > FWIW, I am no particular fan of BMW either!!!
>
> Leon:
>
> Thanks for the posts, from my part of the world. Actually, I heard on
National
> Public Radio this morning that BMW was to sell of the Rover group --
except for
> Land Rover and the new Mini -- to a venture group that will go by
something like
> "The MG Car Company." I mentioned it to my wife and she said "oh yeah, I
heard
> yesterday they were going to do something like that today." So there's a
bit more
> coverage than you'd think -- though mostly it's coverage of BMW, not labor
issues
> in the UK.
>
> Now, if it had been called The Triumph Car Company, there'd be dancing in
the
> streets stateside, no?
>
> Steven
> -- >>
I heard a little something on the local news tonight in Detroit that Ford
Motor Company is showing some interest in the Rover group, or whatever may be
left after BMW gets what its wants.
Gordie Swart
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