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The image or the name identity of the corporation does not match with the current product lines or services , while the names of the products do not match with the customer 's perceptions , and the existing images do not match with the long-term directions of the company . And the way we specify tires , we believe is consistent with other automotive companies ; and the way we specify tires for Firestone is the same way we specify tires for Goodyear and the other companies . The hearing is the second time in a year that Congress has looked at whether Firestone tires , Ford 's popular sport-utility vehicle , the Explorer , or the combination of the two are responsible for hundreds of deaths and injuries . We tested old versus old and new versus new , and if you've got data that shows we came to conclusions by comparing old to new and new to old , please show us that data . We really had only two choices - - wait until more failures proved conclusively there is a growing problem , or act now on the basis of our analyses and the data available . And we did test new Goodyear versus new Firestone versus new Michelins , and also new General / Continental tires . It seems to me it would be in the interest of both companies to come together - - you're going to end up together in a courtroom , against some other folks , probably , that were injured in this - - these - - or the heirs of people that were killed in some of these accidents . Immigrants from the new EU countries were more likely to be employed than immigrants from rest of East-Europe with 68.6 versus 56.2 per cent . " And consumer advocates , ISPs and most municipalities support open access and the Ninth Circuit decision . Mr. Dingell asked you some questions which I find very interesting , and talked about the standards of tires and the width , the skin stock , the body , the belt , and basically the response was - - you set performance specs up for the industries to compete , and some of the types of performance specs were speed , handling , wet weather , snow . Which further indicates that the vehicle itself , the Explorer , is the same vehicle ; yet there is tremendous variability depending on where the tire comes in from , and we know the Explorer is a superb vehicle and a very intelligent vehicle , but I do n't think it can sit back and say this is a Decatur tire , I do n't want to behave now ; this is an Aiken tire , I will behave now . This also applies to technical or textbooks and hobby literature . " Even without these dual burdens , establishing a successful digital music endeavor has proven elusive for companies that do n't have ancillary services or products - - such as Apple 's ( Nasdaq : AAPL ) iTunes and iPod combination - - to provide revenue . " " Ironically , it does happen that companies which aggressively enforce and lobby for intellectual property rights fail to understand that developers actually do reserve some rights under free and open-source software licenses or the Creative Commons license , " Mueller said . Average annual earnings are estimated using information from wage statistics from two years and the quarterly wage index . Explorer in all its derivatives ( such as model type - -2 door versus 4 door and 2 wheel drive versus 4 wheel drive ) has an injury loss claims record better than the average car , ranging up to 32 percent better . I do n't want us to be party to releasing bad information to the American public which causes them either distress , worry or to make a bad decision . Could you be specific about what type of design defects have been found by Ford that they believe lead to this problem and the manufacturing process as well ?