Scheduled to testify are Ford CEO Alan Mulally, Chrysler boss Robert Nardelli, GM CEO G.
"We haven't seen the worst of it yet, " says Nardelli from his Atlanta headquarters.
It's not that America wants three automakers, according to Robert Nardelli, chief executive of Chrysler.
In the U.S. Nardelli has been hard at work reversing years of underinvestment in aging stores.
"With me, it's either a quick yes, or a quick no--never a slow maybe, " Nardelli says.
At Home Depot, Nardelli led a period of explosive growth, including expansion in Mexico and China.
So Nardelli "tagged" the Wrangler--meaning engineers had only seven days to identify the root cause and solution.
The world's number one home improvement retailer's well-paid chief executive, Robert Nardelli, stunningly resigned on Jan. 3.
Maybe shareholders will forgive Nardelli his fat, guaranteed paychecks and imperiousness at last spring's contentious annual meeting.
Before joining Home Depot, Nardelli spent 30 years at General Electric working under legendary CEO Jack Welch.
Nardelli worked at GE from 1971 through 2000 when he was passed over to succeed Welch as CEO.
Outsiders like Alan Mulally at Ford and Bob Nardelli at Chrysler might be just what Detroit needs now.
Nardelli is the second executive from outside the auto industry to take command of a major U.S. carmaker.
Chief Executive Robert Nardelli says that a year ago Home Depot envisioned a housing decline of 5% to 7%.
Even Chrysler's former chief executive, Thomas LaSorda, shoved aside by Cerberus to make room for Nardelli, has stuck around.
Others, such as Home Depot's Bob Nardelli and Hewlett-Packard's Carly Fiorina, paid themselves like superstars but delivered dismal results.
The speech was one of Nardelli's first public appearances in nearly a month.
The stock is down 9% from the day Nardelli arrived in December 2000.
On Thursday, Nardelli said otherwise: He told investors Fiat would assume 35.0% of Chrysler's debt to the U.S. government.
At Chrysler, CEO Robert Nardelli has been on the scene just a year.
Three days after closing the deal Cerberus installed Nardelli, the controversial former boss of Home Depot, as Chrysler's chief executive.
It was Nardelli's call, but as with any important capital or personnel decisions, Cerberus' top executives had a hand in it.
The two--Chief Executive Robert Nardelli and Vice Chairman James Press--were to spend the entire day poring over every vehicle in Chrysler's lineup.
The hangover from the Nardelli years might not be entirely over, either.
Nardelli also largely oversaw stock buybacks that look mighty pricey now.
On a recent morning Nardelli sat alone in the front row of the 250-seat amphitheater at Chrysler's headquarters for a monthly quality review session.
Known for his imperious attitude and enormous pay package, Nardelli, 59, alienated customers and employees alike with his push to centralize Home Depot's store operations.
During Mr Nardelli's time at Home Depot, the firm expanded rapidly overseas and saw profits rise, although market share at home in the US slipped.
Divorced in August from Germany's DaimlerChrysler, it has a new owner, Cerberus Capital Management, and a new chief executive, former Home Depot boss Robert L. Nardelli.
He says his backlog is three years deep and includes a bike for Robert Nardelli, Chrysler's new chief, who has to wait in line like everyone else.
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