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Ford Motor Company

GM and Chrysler -- The Latest

Steve Parker | Posted 05.27.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

GM creditors have refused a deal which would have seen trade $27 billion in bonds for 10% of a "new" GM. This will almost surely push the company into bankruptcy either on or before June 1.

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Ford's Giant Green Leap

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Walletpop, Southern California Edison, Andrea-Chalupa, Who Killed the Electric Car, The Jetsons, Smart Grid, Ford, Susan Cischke, The Electric Car, WalletPop.Com, Neil Young, All in the Family, Ford Motor Company, Southern Cal Edison, 2012, Andrea Chalupa, Green News
Andrea Chalupa

Given the crisis we face, we should all be driving around in zero-emission vehicles. Forget the flying car and living like the Jetsons! We need cars that don't emit C02, now.

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Ford To Cut $10B In Debt With Cash, Equity Offer

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON and TOM KRISHER | Posted 03.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Automobiles, Ford Restructuring, Ford Debt, Ford Motor Company, Ford, Business News

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. took another step Wednesday to stay cost-competitive with government-financed automakers General Motors and Chr...

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Ford Predicts 35 Percent Drop In Sales

Reuters | Kevin Krolicki | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

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Ford Motor Co expects industry-wide December U.S. auto sales to drop by some 35 percent from a year earlier with no sign of a turnaround in the first ...

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Ha! Would You Buy A Car Designed By OUR Government?

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Automaker Bailout, Gasoline Prices, Wall Street Crisis, Big Three Automakers, Chrysler, General Motors, David Cole, Robert Nardelli, Alan Mulally, Rick Wagoner, Cars, Chris Dodd, Ford Motor Company, Diane Tucker, Financial Crisis, Business News
Diane Tucker

Thanks to CEO Alan Mulally, Ford made a profit in the first quarter of 2008. What's more, Mulally saw the credit crisis coming and fought to get a line of credit for Ford way back in 2006.

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Team of Rivals: JFK's Lessons for Commander-in-Chief Obama

Gordon Goldstein | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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Gordon Goldstein

The new commander-in-chief would be wise to examine JFK's first year: Appoint the strongest team possible, yet be prepared to reject your counselors' advice, even when vastly outnumbered.

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Ford To Drastically Shift Production Away From SUVs

New York Times | Bill Vlasic | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Ford, Ford Cars, Ford Motor Company, Compact Cars, Suvs, Cars, Trucks, Green News

The Ford Motor Company, which devoted itself for nearly 20 years to putting millions of Americans into big pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles, i...

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Ford Is Pushing Buyout Offers To Its Workers

New York Times | BILL VLASIC | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business

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The Ford Motor Company is applying the hard sell these days -- piling on incentives, doling out marketing DVDs and brochures, and making offers it hop...

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