http://www.fivetools.com/blog Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:30:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.fivetools.com/blog/2010/01/27/credit-where-credit-is-due/ http://www.fivetools.com/blog/2010/01/27/credit-where-credit-is-due/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:44:57 +0000 peter http://www.fivetools.com/blog/?p=238 Some might attribute yesterday’s miraculous eleventh-hour rescue of Saab from the jaws of oblivion to divine intervention, some to the remarkable worldwide demonstrations of customer loyalty over the past month, some to the Swedish government’s finally stepping in to back up the loan money, some to the indefatigable efforts of Spyker chief—that “tall, Dutch optimist,” in the words of a friend—Victor Muller in closing the deal. I prefer to think it was the “Save Saab” sticker affixed to my bass last week on national network television that clinched it.

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