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I will also pay for all the winner's relocation expenses and for one year of property insurance with a provider of their choice and they can have a ride-on lawnmower that I have spare, only used once.

To perfectly illustrate the pointless waste of time that is the Christmas competition.

I propose a competition to predict whether Elon Musk will buy a DMS supplier. Also, there will be prizes for predicting how much he will pay for it, when the deal will complete, which company he will buy, which month the deal will be first announced.

The star prize will be a beachside property in Florida.

Recommend this post if you are supportive of this competition going ahead.

Is it not too early to start the Christmas competition?

I vote against this going ahead, if the entries have to be updated regularly the BB will fill up with pages of pointless long posts.

I will try and find the original announcement and the exact time of that.

It looks like the news flow picked up at some time between 11.00 and 12.00 ET.

What is wrong? US news flow is steadily accelerating with broadcasts and written articles. Watch out for any political bias which may or may not occur.

Do you mean that it is wrong because it is not fake news or a mistake?

It looks like Tesla are in the driving seat.

The strike is on. Unless it is fake news or a mistake, GM, FORD and STELLANTIS workers have voted to go on strike.

It might be a good idea to postpone the Christmas prize draw until early October as it will only waste time.

The news flow is going to be busy, with a capital BUSY.

There is a possibility of Ford, General Motors and Stellantis workers taking strike action over the coming weeks, not decided yet and not all about pay.

I hope it doesn't happen but might benefit Tesla if the strikes are ongoing for a long time.

anyone who has ever driven in india or ****stan will tell you there is a lot of work to be done in the field of road safety.

looks like a great opportunity.

I will monitor this situation over the weekend and going forward.

It looks like it will become major news, possibly from Monday or sometime next week.

Watch this space.

Who knows how long it could last, maybe a week or two, 3 months of strikes would be really bad. Could tip the US into recession, more credit downgrades.

A drag on numbers is an understatement. This could be catastrophic. Some figures were mentioned in the billions, those were for the cost of the last strikes.

BREAKING NEWS

US NEWS There is a strong possibility of FORD, GM and STELLANTIS workers taking strike action.

Electric vehicles were mentioned as one of the reasons. There could be a massive problem coming.

Green blob all you want, this is not going to go away. The strikes could cripple a large part of the US car industry. Ignore it all if you want.

BREAKING NEWS

US NEWS There is a strong possibility of FORD, GM and STELLANTIS workers taking strike action.

Electric vehicles were mentioned as one of the reasons. There could be a massive problem coming.

With the connectivity issue comes cybersecurity concerns.

If car buyers don't need a connected car then they won't buy one. It is that simple.

For balance though, some will support connectivity, but those that question the need for software updates on the go might opt for an easier option.

The Cyber Security issue could be the deciding factor which tips the balance one way or the other.

To appease Terrym. When the worldwide problems stsrt to improve, logically investor sentiment will improve.

There are also viable COVID vaccines available so if the pandemic starts to take hold again we are all in a better position.

On top of all the problems worldwide we have growing media speculation that the COVID pandemic will return.

If there are any cash flow problems going forward, Magna will almost certainly help out.

HurlyBurly, You posted -

''Any chance of someone copying what Colin said onto here, or posting a direct link to his post, rather than his profile page? The link below takes me to an authentication wall, and I'm not on (nor want to be on!) LinkedIn.''

Then you joined this thread and provided your explanation of shortened URLs.

I am not here to mess around and would prefer not to hear from you again.

Your call.

Spare a thought for the other users who might want to join in some of the discussions. There could be 10,000 or more who visit and decide not to post, for whatever reason.