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There are questions being raised in some sectors in the auto industry as to whether Carlos Ghosn has bitten off too much to chew by trying to manage two very large corporations. Predictions are that Nissan's profits will fall for fiscal year 2007, and that Ghosn is spending too much time trying to fix Nissan at Renault's expense.

L’Expansion, a French investment magazine and website, refers to “certain specialists in the automotive sector,” who believe Nissan’s problems could be due to the fact Ghosn has been chairman of both companies since Louis Schweitzer retired from managing Renault.

“The man is not gifted with the ability to be ubiquitous,” writes the L’Expansion. “In other words, he is naturally less available for the one company as for the other.” And just a few months ago he was hoping to add GM to the mix...

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