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New Data Show Ford Doing Well In Overseas Markets

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New Data Show Ford Doing Well In Overseas Markets

April 9, 2013 • The Focus is the best-selling "nameplate" worldwide, followed by the Toyota Corolla, new data show.

Ford Recalls 485,000 Escapes And Mavericks With Throttle Problems

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Ford Recalls 485,000 Escapes And Mavericks With Throttle Problems

July 26, 2012 • Ford says the vehicles' cruise control cables can cause the gas pedal to stick.

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Ford Has Best First Quarter In 13 Years

April 26, 2011 • Ford's first quarter profit results are in - and CNN reports they're the best since 1998. The automaker earned $2.6 billion dollars from January through the end of March.

Ford Expands F-150 Truck Recall Over Air Bag Defects

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Ford Expands F-150 Truck Recall Over Air Bag Defects

April 14, 2011 • Ford is widening an earlier recall of its F-150 pickup trucks to about 1.2 million vehicles.

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Ford Posts Best Profit In More Than A Decade

January 28, 2011 • The company, which declined federal bailout funds, has now been in the black two straight years. And it will give hourly workers profit-sharing checks averaging $5,000 each.

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The Two-Way

Ford Filling 7,000 Jobs In U.S.

January 10, 2011 • The automaker will add 4,000 blue-collar jobs this year and another 2,500 in 2012. An additional 750 salaried jobs will be filled this year.

Blog Of The Nation

Buyout, Anyone?

February 26, 2008 • If your company offered you $140,000 to quit, would you?

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