What&rsquos more Bill Anderson it wouldn&rsquot surprise is Ted Thompson

What’s more, discloses Bill Anderson it wouldn’t anderson imparts surprise is Ted Thompson hired him knowing Mike McCarthy may not be long for this world.Kampman’s potential departure would open up a starting spot for someone who could be an impact player, but it also opens up the possibility of Kampman coming back to hurt the Packers, something Cheeseheads know all about this season.The problem is Aaron Kampman can’t help the Packers much more this season and probably couldn’t in the near future either. Unfortunately for fans, he could certainly help someone else.. By Chang-Ran Kim and Kevin Krolicki Stocks  |  China DETROIT, Jan 11 (Reuters) - China's BYD Co (1211.HK) is opento licensing its low-cost ferrous-iron electric car battery andhas had interest from Japanese, European and U.S carmakers, itschairman said on Sunday. "We would consider it, and many have shown interest incooperating in the field," Wang Chuan-Fu, chairman of the HongKong-listed battery maker, told Reuters in an interview on thesidelines of the Detroit auto show. "Right now we're just limited by resources." BYD Auto, set up in 2003 by the BYD Group, has used itsexpertise in batteries to develop rechargeable electric vehiclesthat it expects to eventually compete with General Motors Corp'sGM.N and Toyota Motor Corp's (7203.T) proposed plug-in hybrids.

BYD gained international fame in September thanks to asurprise endorsement by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, whoseBerkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N), through unit MidAmerican Energy,agreed to buy a 10 percent stake in BYD for $230 million bill anderson country . The Chinese automaker is aiming to launch a plug-in hybridmodel, the F6DM, and the E6 all-electric car, in the United Statesand Europe in 2011 bill andersen . Wang said initial sales would include fleet sales tocorporations, utilities and municipal governments john anderson . BYD launched the F3 "Dual-Mode", or F3DM model, last month,expecting to sell 50 units to the Shenzhen municipal governmentand China Construction Bank (0939.HK) country anderson . The F3DM, which has a small gasoline engine as a backup powersource, is available in 14 Chinese cities at 149,800 yuan($22,000).

BYD plans to expand sales to the mass market in thesecond half of this year bill anderson artist . BYD is also scheduled to launch the E6 -- its firstall-electric car -- in China in the second half of this year lou anderson . Both the plug-in hybrid and E6 run on ferrous-iron batteries,which Wang said were safer, more durable and less than half thecost of lithium-ion batteries, which most major automakers areplanning to use in their electric vehicles singer anderson . The E6, however, requires about 600 kg (1,323 lb) of batterypacks, or roughly twice the weight required by the battery inNissan Motor Co's (7201.T) prototype electric car william anderson . BUFFETT STAMP While BYD's vehicles have yet to be proven for long-termdurability or safety, Wang said he aimed to sell BYD's cars in theUnited States mostly on the innovative battery and dual-modehybrid technology rather than on price alone. Wang also said Buffett's investment could help speed up BYD'sentry into the United States, where he expected the certificationprocess to take one to two years. "They could help us in building facilities for chargingstations," he said.

Wang said he would be open to MidAmerican Energy's increasingits stake in the automaker from the current 10 percent . He said BYD was discussing electric car projects with variousgovernments, including that of Israel, as well as regionalauthorities in China anderson william . "The Chinese government has been supportive in initiatingincentives on detailed levels, at both the federal and regionallevels," he said (Editing by Phil Berlowitz) Stocks China marylou anderson . (In paragraph 2, corrects ethnicity to Hmong from Latino) Stocks  |  Media (Recasts, new throughout) By Dean Goodman LOS ANGELES, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Clint Eastwood's "GranTorino" crossed the finish line first at the weekend box officein North America on Sunday, setting a new record for the busy78-year-old actor and director . The suburban drama, in which Eastwood plays a grumpy oldman who takes on Hmong gang members "Dirty Harry"-style, earnedan estimated $29 million in the three days since it openednationally on Friday, distributor Warner Bros Pictures said.