Robert Mac Diarmid wrote: >GM for >example used to make cars (well, vehicles if we include military); I read a >year or so ago in the business section of my local rag that that year they >made more or a profit in money market speculation than they did on >production. GM still makes lots & lots of vehicles. Its finance subsidiary, like Ford's, makes most of its money by financing the purchase of those vehicles. GE Capital is another story; it ventures into all the thrilling financial precincts. Didn't Henry Ford say once that he wasn't in business to make cars but to make money? Doug
