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Ford, Honda top auto safety awards list
November 15, 2007The number of vehicles qualifying for the Top Safety Pick by a U.S. highway safety board more than doubled for 2008 models with Ford and Honda leading the way. Thirty-four vehicles earned the Top Safety Pick award given to vehicles that perform best...
1,500 Ford workers strike in Russia
November 07, 2007Some 1,500 Russian Ford Motor Co. workers Wednesday held a one-day strike for wage increases and a shorter night shift. The workers at a plant in Vsevolozhsk, near St. Petersburg, vowed to stage a second strike beginning Nov. 20 and continuing until...
Ford, Auto Workers reach agreement
November 05, 2007Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers agreed on a tentative contract Saturday after nearly 40 hours of marathon bargaining. "Our team is proud of each and every negotiator because they have encouraged Ford to invest in product and people...
Ford, UAW optimistic as talks go on
November 05, 2007Ford and the United Auto Workers worked on a new contract in Detroit Friday, saying they were optimistic but final details had to be resolved. If Ford's agreement followed the pattern of a pact ratified by workers at General Motors and Chrysler, a...
Ford, UAW optimistic as talks go on
November 02, 2007Ford and the United Auto Workers worked on a new contract in Detroit Friday, saying they were optimistic but final details had to be resolved. If Ford's agreement followed the pattern of a pact ratified by workers at General Motors and Chrysler, a...
Ford lands high-profile Toyota executive
October 12, 2007James D. Farley, a high profile executive with Toyota and considered a rising star in the business, has joined the Ford Motor Co. Farley, 45, who has served as Toyota’s group vice president of its Lexus Division, will be Ford’s first chief...
Ford offers month-end incentives
July 01, 2007Ford Motor Co. will offer zero-percent financing for three years on all 2007 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models or sport utility vehicles and additional $2,007 in cash to customers as it tries to clear showroom floors at the end of the month. The announcement...
Elena Ford takes position at Ford Credit
June 25, 2007Ford Motor Credit Co., the auto maker’s financial arm, names Elena Ford executive vice president-global brand and marketing, a spokeswoman confirms. Elena Ford, cousin of Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford, currently is the car maker...
Ghosn tells Nissan board no bonus this year
June 25, 2007Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. CEO Carlos Ghosn reportedly has put a stop on shareholders’ bonus payments due to the results of fiscal 2006, the first time since he took over Nissan in 1999 that the automaker has seen an earnings decline. Ghosn said...
Ford is preparing a bid for a plant in Romania
June 22, 2007U.S. carmaker Ford on Thursday dismissed Slovak daily Hospodarske Noviny’s report saying it was considering building a new assembly plant in Slovakia. The report said a new Ford factory would be located in an industrial park near the eastern Slovak...