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In reply to the discussion: Venezuela to Ration Electricity After Colombia Cuts Gas [View all]EX500rider
(10,884 posts)56. What does that even mean? Both companies DO have plants in the US..
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Noit ignoring them. Just know that the argument that Ford can't get dollars is specious.
jtuck004
May 2014
#21
no, really. Ford can't get dollars from Ven government. They can't convert Bolivars to dollars
Bacchus4.0
May 2014
#24
Venezuela government won't convert Bolivares to dollars and allow repatriation
Bacchus4.0
May 2014
#19
So let's say you have a socialist government that thinks you make too much profit,
jtuck004
May 2014
#23
Yet, they post profits. It must be magic. We have a company here, Pfizer, trying
jtuck004
May 2014
#44
Poor, poor Ford. Only a 7 billion dollars in profit in 2013, if they could have just screwed
jtuck004
May 2014
#74
Ford didn't provide jobs, silly, the consumer demand did. Ford can leave, someone else
jtuck004
May 2014
#43
I've come to the conclusion that all of Madura's apologists are as ignorant of economics as he is.
Ikonoklast
May 2014
#54
the US expelled them like a month ago but it doesn't have anything to do with Ven's currency
Bacchus4.0
May 2014
#34
Or sell dollars to them at a loss. Then there is a loss, not a profit. - no, just a transaction.
jtuck004
May 2014
#38
After some of the stuff you have posted in this thread a course in economics is a good idea.
EX500rider
May 2014
#52
40 some years ago in Chile under a different administration has SQUAT to do with anything.
EX500rider
May 2014
#69
boo hoo. Poor poor Venezuela can't pay its bills or keep the lights on despite the worlds largest
Bacchus4.0
May 2014
#10
Nationalize everything! So we get more good YouTube vids like this one from Venezuela
snooper2
May 2014
#66
I bet they'd be willing to continue operating if they could make money there.
Bacchus4.0
May 2014
#11
actually, there is a demand but they can't get the supplies to build vehicles so production is down
Bacchus4.0
May 2014
#15
It's all part of the very same problem, Columbia wants dollars for its exported natgas.
Ikonoklast
May 2014
#25
I suppose you believe what you say. Bloomberg isn't that biased. They are a financial reporting
okaawhatever
May 2014
#26