But he failed to sort out Jaguar's weak product range or Land Rover's lousy factories.
Two companies long known for weak product innovation, success driven by market domination and distribution control tactics, are partnering to take on the two most innovative companies in digital technology as they create entirely new markets with new technologies.
Weak macro and product cycle timing (Win 8) are likely a factor, depressing sentiment and valuation.
Demand in China is still weak, with product orders from that country declining 4 percent from the previous year.
Sloppy management -- a weak distri button system, disorganized product placement, inexperienced staff -- made matters worse.
Yet for all the recent progress in supply chains, a weak link remains--the link between product development and manufacturing.
But Apple always has something new in the offing, a thought that might calm analysts who have complained that the product lineup for the coming year looks weak.
The weak link in pavement is bitumen, the black petroleum product that holds the bits of rock together.
Its biggest product, ferrous scrap, is suffering from weak basic steel demand, but as the economy improves Sims' stock will, too.
"The biggest reason for the decline in gross domestic product (GDP) is external demand was weak and domestic demand did not recover as quickly as we thought, " said Shuji Tonouchi of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities in Tokyo.
The company blamed the weak quarter on delays at some customers in getting deals approved, and a product transition in the hardware business.
Rising weekly jobless claims and a tepid gross domestic product estimate for the second quarter added to a recent string of weak U.S. economic data that is making for increasing speculation the Federal Reserve may opt for another round of quantitative easing of U.S. monetary policy.
Marcela Bielsa's side have won many admirers in South Africa with their quick-fire, skilful brand of attacking football, but apart from a weak Humberto Suarez shot that Brazil keeper Julio Cesar easily collected they had little end product to show for their bright start.
The profit, Dimon said, was the product of markdowns on leveraged loans and mortgage trading positions, as well as weak trading results and deterioration in all types of loans.
The explanation for the weak guidance: higher component costs, back-to-school discounts and a mysterious "product transition" will cause Apple earnings to come in lower than expected.
While recovery from the Great Recession of 2008-2009 has been stymied by weak housing and high unemployment, recent economic data suggest a quickening pace of growth in gross domestic product, which should benefit small-cap equities.
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