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26 April 2007 posted in Earnings/Financials 6 views
Ford's Q1 loss better than expected On slightly higher revenue, and with cost-cutting moves well underway, Ford Motor Co. posted a much smaller loss in Q1 of 2007 than for the same period in 2006. This year's net loss was a still-substa ...
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5 April 2007 posted in Earnings/Financials 3 views
Mulally pockets $28 million in 2006 Reuters is reporting that while Ford Motor Co. posted a $12.7 billion loss last year, its new Chief Executive earned $28.18 million. And that was for four months worth of work. Alan Mulally's pay for ...
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1 November 2006 posted in Marketing/Advertising 3 views
Holy... Safe! Could coarse car ads attract FCC attention? In its quest to clean up television, could the Federal Communications Commission go after automotive advertising? USA Today wonders how the cuddly-wuddly FCC may react to some of the in-your-face comm ...
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12 October 2006 posted in Etc. 3 views
Build a better iDrive, get $5m in venture capital From CNN Money's Business 2.0 Magazine, we've learned of a proposal that is anything but indecent. Business 2.0 asked several venture capitalists what projects they would like to fund. Knowing this ca ...
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13 July 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 6 views
Ford cuts dividends, reduces board member fees Ford Motor announced Thursday that it is cutting its dividend in half, and reducing the fees paid to board members. While chief executive Bill Ford Jr. stated that the move was intended to strengthen ...
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14 January 2006 posted in Aftermarket 8 views
Audi Roadjet features concept sound system from B&O The renowned audiophiles at Bang & Olufson developed a 14-speaker, 1,000-watt sound system for Audi called the Advanced Sound System, or A.S.S. (too funny), which can be ordered with an A8 or S8. ...
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25 October 2005 posted in Hybrids/Alternative 7 views
Coors makes ethanol from beer waste Finally, there's a byproduct of beer that doesn't involve stupid behavior or crushing headaches the next morning. Coors is making fuel-grade ethanol from the byproducts of beer production, and will so ...
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