Sentence examples for le cost from inspiring English sources

Known in France as "Le Cost Killer", Mr Ghosn began by hacking at the payroll and closing five factories.

CARLOS GHOSN'S nickname -- Le Cost Killer -- preceded his arrival in Japan in 1999, with the daunting assignment of reviving Nissan.

Carlos Ghosn, Nissan's chief operating officer, sent in by Renault, a French car company that now has a 37% stake in Nissan, was known in France as "le cost killer".

Mr. Ghosn, whose nickname at Renault was "le cost killer," has reduced purchasing costs by 10percentt, refinanced some of the company's debt and cut about 5percentt of its work force.

He made it work at Michelin in Brazil and America, at Renault in France (where he was called "le cost killer"), and most famously at Nissan in Japan, where he was parachuted in after Renault took a stake in the ailing company in 1999.

Market share for the Renault brand in Europe declined from over 10% in 2005 to under 7% in mid-2009, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationn, and has only recently revived somewhat with the renewal of the Mégane family of cars.Mr Ghosn, once dubbed le cost killer, now faces criticism that he is better at slashing than building.

Though his methods earned him the title of "le cost-cutter," colleagues recall human touches.

He made his reputation as "le cost-cutter", who paved the way for the French car manufacturer's dramatic turnaround after he arrived there from the Michelin tyre company in 1996.

That sounds like a recovery "made in Japan" not Germany, even if the Ghosnesque timetable sounds impressive.What is more, Mr Eckrodt, an architect of the troubled integration of Chrysler into Daimler, will arrive without Mr Ghosn's high profile as "le cost-killer".

Rooms at Le Bleu cost up to $500 a night and offer iPod docks, Bose speakers and plasma televisions visible from the glass-walled showers.

However, LE assumptions, cost assumptions, and projected clinical and economic results were similar to those previously reported [ 41, 42], and we tested the impact of biologic and operational assumptions in extensive sensitivity analyses [ 10, 14].