Bill Ford

Ford's Comeback As 'American Icon'

David Kiley | Posted 05.16.2012

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David Kiley

If Ford matters to you, you are going to want to read "American Icon."

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Bianca Bosker

Bill Ford On Talking Cars, Clashing With His Company

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONG BEACH, Calif. -- This year, Ford unveiled its first all-electric car. Yet Bill Ford, executive chair of Ford Motor Company and the great-grandson...

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Winning Women

Angela Haines | Posted 05.25.2011

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Angela Haines

For 24 years Ernst and Young, a global company with 144,000 employees,which specializes in assurance, tax, transactions and advisory services, has he...

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Another U.S. Car Division Bites the Dust: Mercury

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Parker

A lesson other car-makers have learned the hard way is that buyers want a car that makes a definite statement, which knows its place in the market. A perpetual question mark like Mercury has absolutely no chance of survival.

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NFL Allows Lions to Play With 12 Men

Bill Matthews | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Matthews

"We had asked to get two extra players. I mean, have you see our roster? Have you seen us play? One extra player isn't going to help," Lions President Bill Ford Jr. said.

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Abandoned Ford Motor Co. Plant to Become Renewable Energy Manufacturing Park

freep.com | CHRIS CHRISTOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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The planned $725-million conversion of the former Ford Motor Co. Wixom plant to a solar and battery power manufacturing center will not only employ so...

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White House Still "Gathering Information" While Detroit Suppliers go Bankrupt

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Parker

Even Bush doesn't want to go down in history as the man who oversaw the destruction of GM, Ford and Chrysler (I hope), and I'd guess Obama wishes he could install his own new team now and fire Paulson.

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Ford Bailout Money Unnecessary, Company Says

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON and TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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DEARBORN, Mich. — By shunning government loans, Ford Motor Co.'s top executives say they hope to buff up the automaker's image and set it apart ...

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The Detroit Three --- Making Any Relevant Cars or Trucks?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Parker

That the Detroit Three have to build cars and trucks which make sense now and in the future, and which Americans want to buy.

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