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8 hrs ago | MotherJones

Mother Jones Classic: The Exploding Ford Pinto

A Mother Jones Classic: For seven years the Ford Motor Company sold cars in which it knew hundreds of people would needlessly burn to death.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Dearborn, MI, Fire

17 hrs ago | Bloomberg.com

Ford May End General Motors' 78-Year Streak as Top U.S. Automaker by Sales

Ford Motor Co. , gaining ground on its distressed domestic competitors, may surpass General Motors Corp.

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Related Topix: Automakers, General Motors, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Lexington, MA, Marketing, Toyota Motor

Thu Jul 09, 2009

Liberty Tribune

Ford gets federal funds for green vehicles

The nationwide shift to more earth-friendly cars and trucks will pay off in a big way for the Northland.

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Related Topix: Ford F-150, Ford, Automakers, Hybrid Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Department of Energy

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Ford Motor Company Standardizes to CasterShoX

Ford Motor Company announced on June 22, 2009 that it has chosen the CasterShoX product line as the specified caster for line delivery carts in the revised Ford Cuautitlan Assembly Plant, located near Mexico City in Mexico.

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Related Topix: Ford, Automakers, Mercury, Lincoln, Travel, Mexico Travel, World News, Mexico

Tue Jul 07, 2009

TurkishPress.com

Ford China says sales up 14 percent in first half

US auto giant Ford Motor Co has announced that sales in China in the first half rose 14 percent from a year earlier to 197,212, boosted by strong demand for its low-cost Fiesta car.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Auto Dealers

Mon Jul 06, 2009

The Dallas Morning News

Ford targets young drivers with Fiesta Movement

Nick Malone and Charlie Brumfield were given a Ford Fiesta to drive for six months in return for some grassroots exposure for the vehicle, which Ford will begin selling in the U.S. next summer.

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Related Topix: Ford F-150, Ford, Marketing, Automakers, Blog News

BBC

Former US defence secretary dies

Robert McNamara, who served as US defence secretary during the Vietnam war and the Cuban Missile Crisis, has died aged 93.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Mercury, Ford, Lincoln

Sun Jul 05, 2009

CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

Ford says China sales up 14 percent in first half on strong passenger car demand

Ford Motor Co. said its sales in China surged 14 percent in the first half of 2009, another positive sign for global automakers that are counting on China to drive revenues as they struggle in North America.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Dearborn, MI

The Times Herald

Ford not too busy to take advice from kids

Bill Ford is more than Henry Ford's great-grandson and chairman of the board of the Ford Motor Co.

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Related Topix: Ford Mustang, Ford, Family, Kids, Automakers, Fort Gratiot, MI, Michigan, Auburn Hills, MI

Sat Jul 04, 2009

USA Today

Ford bets new 2010 Taurus could be key to financial future

Pete Reyes, engineer by training and manager by talent, had just finished the development and launch of Ford's 2008 Super Duty pickups and had been reassigned to study Ford Motor's testing methods when he had a fateful conversation.

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Related Topix: Ford, Ford Taurus, Ford Super Duty, Ford Focus, Ford Explorer, Automakers, Autos

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Gasgoo

Geely denies rumors that it will buy Ford's Volvo

Zhang Jiagan, assistant to Geely's president, said the company recently sent a team to investigate the auto market in Syria, not Sweden, according to the report.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Sweden, World News

Detroit News

Toyota's down, but not out

Could Toyota Motor Corp. be mortal after all? For the third month in a row, Ford Motor Co.

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Related Topix: Toyota Motor, Automakers, Toyota Prius, Hybrid Vehicles, Toyota, GMC GM, GMC, General Motors, Opinion

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Journal Newspapers Online

Ford receives $5.9 billion to retool plants, save jobs

Ford Motor Co. just got a little more help in the plan to retool the Michigan Truck Plant.

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Related Topix: Ford F-150, Ford, Automakers, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, John Dingell, Wayne City, IL

Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Journal of Commerce Online

UPS Extends Logistics Contract with Ford

UPS will continue to deliver new cars to dealers under an extension of its logistics contract with Ford Motor Company.

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Related Topix: Ford, Mercury, Automakers, Lincoln, Advertising

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Messenger

Ford sees market share gains, increases production

Ford Motor Co said on Monday it expects to gain U.S. market share in June as its sales would hold up much better than the rest of the industry and signaled its increasing confidence by raising production.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Auto Dealers

WYFX-TV Youngstown

Ford Motor finds paintings by Cincinnati artist

The Ford Motor Co. says it has found more than 100 original paintings by Cincinnati artist Charley Harper while cleaning out its vaults.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Montgomery, OH, Lebanon, OH

Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Japan Times

Nissan joins Ford, Tesla in snagging U.S. 'green' loans

Cultivating the next generation of fuel-efficient vehicles, the Obama administration said Tuesday it would lend $5.9 billion to Ford Motor Co.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Electric Vehicle, Smyrna, TN, Hybrid Vehicles

Sat Jun 27, 2009

The Detroit News

Too early for Ford to celebrate success

Most athletes know it's dangerous to celebrate victory before crossing the finish line.

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Related Topix: Ford, Ford Taurus, Automakers, Dearborn, MI, Economics News, Bankruptcy

Fri Jun 26, 2009

EERE Network News

DOE Awards $8 Billion in Loans for Advanced Vehicle Technologies

DOE announced $8 billion in conditional loan agreements on June 23 for Ford Motor Company; Nissan North America, Inc.; and Tesla Motors, Inc.

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Related Topix: Electric Vehicle, Ford, Mercury, Automakers, Lincoln, Nissan

Thu Jun 25, 2009

KansasCity.com

Star Shots | Flag burning in Tehran, Mining protest, Abdel Aziz Duaik freed

Peaches Bradshaw of Kansas City cooled off with some cool water Tuesday afternoon in the emergency assistance area of the Salvation Army's Bellefountaine Corps Worship and Community Center at 3013 E. 9th St.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, KS, Automakers, World News, Palestinian Territories, Middle East, Israel

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