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CEOs, Union Leader Agree: Manufacturing Strategy Crucial

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

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Leo W. Gerard

Since precious few Americans, even those in the same political party, agree on how to realign America, a typecast smack down between CEOs and unionists might have begun when they met. But it didn't.

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Mike Yu: Chinese Engineer Charged WIth Stealing Car Secrets From Ford

Posted 10.16.2009 | Technology

Read More: Xiang Dong Yu, Ford Secrets Stolen, Ford, Ford Secrets, Ford Trade Secrets, Ford Motor Co, Mike Yu, Technology News

Poor Ford: The automaker just can't seem to get a break. The company is being plagued by yet one more problem: a Chinese employee who may have stol...

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Ford Recalls 4.5 Million Vehicles Over Defective Cruise Control Switch

AP | TOM KRISHER and STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Dearborn-Michigan, Ford Defective Cars, Auto Recall, Lincoln, Ford Motor Co., Cars, Ford Recalls Cars, Ford Defective Cruise Control, Defective Cruise Control Shift, Ford, Ford Recalls 4.5 Million, New Ford Recall Cruise Control 10/13/09, Home News

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. says it will add 4.5 million older-model vehicles to the list of those recalled because a defective cruise control switch could cause a fire.

Ford says 1.1 million Ford Windstar minivans will be recalled for repairs due to a small risk of fires.

The company says another 3.4 million Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles with the same switches also will be recalled even though there have been no reports of fires. Those vehicles mainly are trucks and SUVs.

All vehicles covered by the recall are from the 1992 to 2003 model years.

Sherwood says this is Ford's seventh recall due to the Texas Instruments speed control switches. The recalls cover a total of 14.3 million vehicles and combined are the largest in Ford's history.

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Ford China Plant: Automaker Will Build $490 Million Facility

AP | Elaine Kurtenbach, AP Business Writer | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

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SHANGHAI (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. said Friday it plans to spend $490 million on building a third assembly plant in China, ramping up production to meet ...

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Abandoned Ford Plant To Become Renewable Energy Manufacturing Park

freep.com | CHRIS CHRISTOFF | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Wixom Plant, Renewable Energy, Bill Ford, Green Energy, Energy, Ford Motor Co, Green News

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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Ford's Fuel Efficient Future: Bringing Electrification to Life

Sue Cischke | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Automobiles, Ford, Auto Industry, Hybrid Cars, Ford Motor Co, Electric Cars, Green News
Sue Cischke

Ford is moving forward with its product plans to deliver fuel economy improvements and reduced CO2 emissions, without compromising the driving experience.

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Auto Giants Reposition Globally

Diane Francis | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Renault, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Germany, Government Bailout, Chrysler, Sergio Marchionne Fiat, Daimler Benz, Porsche, Auto Sector, Toyota, Honda, Ford Motor Co, Nissan Renault, Frank Stronach, Opel, General Motors, Kia, Fiat, Auto, Detroit Bailout, Magna International, Detroit, Hyundai, Volkswager, Business News
Diane Francis

Cars are not longer just big business; companies have to build vehicles, but also be able to create multilateral partnerships which include workers, politicians, civil servants and investors.

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Green Driving School: Ford Engineers on Eco-Coaching

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 08.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Driving School, Andrea-Chalupa, KITT Knight Rider, Ford Hybrid, Eco-Coaching, Susan Cischke, Andrea Chalupa, Susan-Cischke, Eco-Driving Methods, Ford Motor Co, Smartgauge, Green News
Andrea Chalupa

Ford's new SmartGauge technology created a dashboard in the new hybrids that tells you when your driving is green, greener and greenest.

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Ford posts $1.4 billion 1Q loss, uses less cash

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON and TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.25.2009 | Business

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DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. reported a first-quarter loss of $1.4 billion Friday and said it depleted less of its cash, emphasizing that it...

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Ford, GM To Cover Car Payments For Unemployed

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Cars, Unemployed, Ford, Auto Sales, Ford Covers Payments, Ford Motor Co, Ford Unemployed, Ford Gm Car Payment, Ford Car Payments, Compassionate Capitalism Huffington, Business News

DETROIT — Opening Day came early for employees Tuesday at Jack Kain's Ford, Lincoln, Mercury dealership, when Ford Motor Co. announced a new pro...

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Gephart: Ford's Newest Board Member

AP | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

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DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that former U.S. House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Michigan utility chairman Anthony Earley Jr....

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AIG v. Detroit - Renegotiating Contracts

Steve Parker | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, Boeing, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, Barney Frank, Cars, Job Bank, Harvard, Aig, Wwwtalkradioonecom, General Motors, Dodge Challenger, Fiat, Sema, Bob Nardelli, Allstate, Tarp, Elijah Cummings, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, Alan Mulally, Detroit Three, Dearborn, Washington DC, Ford Motor Co, Las Vegas, Detroit Automakers, Chrysler, Chrysler Jeep, Wharton, Ron Gettelfinger, Yale University, Ford Mustang, Uaw, Edward Liddy, Business News
Steve Parker

Congress could throw hundreds of billions at GM, Ford and Chrysler -- but how could the results be any different from what we see now?'

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Detroit Gets 10% of What AIG Already Has Received from TARP

Steve Parker | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Europe, Congress, President Obama, Representative Sandy Levin, Chicago, TARP Money, Captive Imports, Detroit Three, Walter Reuther, Cars, Washington DC, Asia, American International Group, Joe Kennedy, Charles Ponzi, Yale Galanter, Ford Motor Co, Fdr, Chrysler, Aig, Tom Wolfe, Senate, Senator Carl Levin, Harvard University, Wall Street, General Motors, Uaw, Masters of the Universe, US Chamber of Commerce, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Business News
Steve Parker

Why does Detroit get only 10% of what the banks and Wall Street have been loaned?

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Morgan Stanley's 13% Payout Offer To Short Ford Stock (EXCLUSIVE)

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 04.05.2009 | Business

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Morgan Stanley was offering Ford shareholders a highly unusual deal on Monday. Two days before Ford announced a major debt restructuring that diluted...

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Ford's Woes Deepen As Pension Plan Falls $4 Billion Short

Bloomberg | Keith Naughton | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Pension Plan, Economic Crisis, Economy, Pension Benefits, Pensions, Ford, Auto Sales, Ford Motor Co., Business News

Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. may have to contribute $4 billion to its pension plan after a 2008 shortfall, a cash drain that risks dragging th...

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Auto bill clears House; Should it pass the Senate, too?

Steve Parker | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Aclu, White House, Congress, 1979 Chrysler Bailout, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Cars, Mazda, Mark Fields, Cerberus Capital Management, Energy Department, General Motors, Buddhist, Hyundai, Nancy Pelosi, Washington, US Senate, Richard Shelby, Barney Dog, Silver Arrows, Uaw, California, Toyota, Bernard Cahier, Detroit Three, John Snow, Democrats, Barack Obama, Ford Motor Co, Robert F. Kennedy, Chrysler, Alabama, Ross Perot, Bush White House, Detroit Three Loans, Roger Penske, Car Czar, Harry Reid, Allard Lowenstein, French Grand Prix, Republicans, Detroit Auto Show, Business News
Steve Parker

And now, it's on to the Senate! The House today passed, 237 to 170, HR 7321, the automotive loan bailout bill, and has sent it on to the Senate. H...

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Why the World Needs Green Motors, not General Motors...

Gavin D. J. Harper | Posted 01.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Detroit Automakers, Automakers, Green Motoring, Auto Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Car, United Auto Workers, Gm, The Big 3, Green Energy, Vehicle, Auto Industry, Ford Motor Co, Green News
Gavin D. J. Harper

Whilst the CEOs of these great companies fight to keep them alive in the 21st century, how relevant is it to have three competing with each other to produce last century's technology?

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Bailout? Detroit on His Mind

Rick Horowitz | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Big Three Automakers, Rick Wagon, Alan Mulally, Richard Wagoner, Federal Reserve, Congress, Ford Motor Co, Chrysler, General Motors, Bailout, Robert Nardelli, Big Auto Makers, Car Makers, Financial Crisis, Tarp, Detroit, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Detroit Automakers, Cars, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Business News
Rick Horowitz

On their last visit, the auto execs asked Congress for $25 billion in bailout loans. A nice round number. So nice and round that it sounded like it had been plucked from thin air.

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Chicago's Economic Ties To Detroit

Crain's Chicago Business | Bob Tita And Monée Fields-White | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chrystler, Big Three Automakers, General Motors, Illinois Auto Industry Jobs, Chicago Detroit Economic Ties, Financial Crisis, Recession, Chicago Auto Industry, Chicago Detroit, Ford Motor Co, Chicago News

The collapse of a Detroit automaker would send shock waves through Chicago, from South Side manufacturers to northwest suburban dealerships to downtow...

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Journalist to GOP: You're 100 Percent Wrong About U.S. Automakers

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Chapter 11, George Bush, Harley-Davidson, Toyota, Alan Mulally, Rick Wagoner, Honda, Diane Tucker, Recession, Barack Obama, Ford Motor Co, Detroit Automakers, Chevrolet Volt, Bailout, General Motors, Economic Recession, Recession Fears, Tariffs, Financial Crisis, Peter De Lorenzo, Richard Shelby, Auto Industry, John McCain, GM Bankruptcy, Fuel Efficiency, Green Cars, Foreign Car Industry, Foreign Cars, Fuel Efficient Cars, Imported Cars, Gm Chapter 11, Congressional Bailout, Business News
Diane Tucker

"People who say the U.S. doesn't innovate are woefully out of touch with Detroit's standing in this business."

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Objects in Mirror Seem More Relevant Than They Appear.

Aemilia Scott | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Detroit Automakers, History, Medieval, General Motors, Bailout, Magna Carta, Alternative Energy, Economy, Detroit Three, Electric Cars, Henry Paulson, Cars, Future of General Motors, Green Energy, Ford Motor Co, Green News
Aemilia Scott

What should Washington do when the Motor City begs for oil? The question, it seems, is not "to bail out or not to bail out." The question is how to bailout.

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NHTSA: Ford's Chinese Tire Troubles; Kerkorian Selling Ford; Unsafe Knock-Offs; Americans Driving Less

Steve Parker | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Lincoln MKX, Taiwan, Chrysler, Ford Mustang, Cars, China, 2008 Beijing Olympics, China Products, Mercury Grand Marquis, Daimler, Los Angeles Auto Show, Specialty Equipment Market Association, Chinese Exports, Munich, Nhtsa, Ford Focus, Nbc, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Toyota, Gm, Ford F-150, Shanghai Baolong Automotive, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Cerberus, Las Vegas, Ford Motor Co, Ford Explorer, Ford Expedition, Ford Escape, Kirk Kerkorian, Big Willie Robinson, Ford Fusion, Harry Reid, Ford Edge, Taiwanese, Sema, Automechanika, Frankfurt, Business News
Steve Parker

There's good news, bad news and -- finally -- some smart, encouraging news by and for American drivers.

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Ford Building Greener Engine In Chicago

Crain's Chicago Business | Bob Tita | Posted 11.09.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Ford Chicago, Ford Green Engine Chicago, Ford Chicago Plant, Ford Motor Co., Ford Ecoboost Engine, Ford, Lincoln MKS, Ford Green Engine, Chicago News

In response to soaring gas prices, Ford Motor Co. will debut a more fuel-efficient engine next year in a Lincoln sedan built at its Chicago assembly p...

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Ford To Cut 800 Chicago Jobs

ABC 7 | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Jobs, Ford Chicago, Ford Chicago Jobs, Ford, Ford Motor Co, Chicago Economy, Chicago News

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There will be more layoffs at an auto plant on Chicago's Far South Side. Ford plans to cut nearly 800 jobs at its factory at 103rd an...

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Clean-diesels hit the market; VW's 2009 Jetta TDI already hard to find

Steve Parker | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green

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Steve Parker

This post was written originally for the Santa Monica Daily Press newspaper (www.smdp.com) so please excuse the few Southern California references ......

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