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Ford Motors gains market share

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

Ford Motors, the sole big three automaker to avoid bankruptcy, continued to gain market share as its auto sales rose for the third time in four months

FEATURE: Funkmaster Flex, SHO ’Em What You Got

XXL Magazine (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

Auto aficionados make the pilgrimage to his annual Funk Flex custom car show each year and the DJ has even gone on to trick out rides for racing luminaries like Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Danica Patrick. Now, Ford Motors wants in on the action. The automaker brand recently tapped Flex to put his Midas touch on their new 2010 Taurus SHO. He wound up adding a two-tone metal grey and black paint job,...

Teachable Moment: Ford Learns the Hard Way

Supply Excellence (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Last week on SpendMatters , William Busch covered the shutdown at a Canadian Ford Motors factory that was caused by labor unrest at an auto parts supplier facility in India. I provided my views in the Comments , but wanted to share them here as well, since Supply Excellence readers may also have some insights on the topic. Unfortunately for Ford, this case caught them off guard and demonstrates...

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Teachable Moment: Ford Learns the Hard Way

Procure IQ (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Last week on SpendMatters , William Busch covered the shutdown at a Canadian Ford Motors factory that was caused by labor unrest at an auto parts supplier facility in India. I provided my views in the Comments , but wanted to share them here as well, since Supply Excellence readers may also have some insights on the topic. Unfortunately for Ford, this case caught them off guard and demonstrates...

“Unemployment Rate will remain at 10% through this time next year!” Mark Zandi

Subprime Blogger (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Following two very different economic reports, Economist Mark Zandi informed the nation that the unemployment rate is not going anywhere. He feels that the nation is taking steps in the right direction but is confident that at this time next year the unemployment rate will remain the same. On Sunday CIT group filed for bankruptcy, while Ford Motors claimed a $1 billion profit for the third quarter....