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08-04-2008, 07:29 PM
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Mercury going down
found a new bit of news about mercury engines on world of powerboats
http://www.worldofpowerboats.com/new...cles/00082.php
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08-04-2008, 07:37 PM
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What a head line. Mercury going down: They only laid of 50 staff.
Still your a Honda nut explains all
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08-04-2008, 08:10 PM
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I think it could turn into a bit of a ding dong later on with production switching to China for some models in fact I think they are still hiring in the big "C".
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08-04-2008, 08:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hunton69
What a head line. Mercury going down: They only laid of 50 staff.
Still your a Honda nut explains all
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slowly but surley they are going down, maybe not forseable future but they are, you heard it heard first
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08-04-2008, 08:44 PM
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and the question is why did they have to lay off the 50 staff
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08-04-2008, 09:01 PM
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It's possible this has more to do with Merc selling off Baja to Fountain thereby needing less pen pushers to sort it all out at Merc headquarters, and it is said Brunswick has been restructuring a number of their operations recently, other boat building company's have also undergone restructuring in the USA guess their all a bit nervous about recession talk and high gas prices although as Links pointed out this does not necessarily translate to less sales within their market place for all boat dealers
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08-04-2008, 09:22 PM
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Quote:
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and the question is why did they have to lay off the 50 staff
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Not really they all had to go back to Mexico
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08-04-2008, 09:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 225
slowly but surley they are going down, maybe not forseable future but they are, you heard it heard first
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With the attitude of the Uk distributor they should
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11-04-2008, 10:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BluFin
Not really they all had to go back to Mexico
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14-04-2008, 05:40 PM
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Finally found out the truth(thanks to world of powerbats), of why Mercury had to lay off the staff. it was because of sluggish sales because of the American Economy.
They may even have a strike
Read the full article at world of powerboats. http://www.worldofpowerboats.com/new...cles/00088.php
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14-04-2008, 06:06 PM
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Sounds like things could get nasty!!
http://www.ibinews.com/ibinews/newsd...13ibinews.html
'No plans to move sell or shut Mercury Marine' - Is that like 'I'm definately not running for President'.
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