Ford Posts Profit But Auto Business Weak
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Ford Motor Co. F.N on Thursday  reported a quarterly profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, as  earnings from its finance arm carried the money-losing  automaking operations.
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Ford Motor Co. swung to a third-quarter profit, but losses at the automakerâs global automotive operations widened, underscoring the difficulty Ford still faces
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Ford Motor Co. F.N on Tuesday said  earnings will fall this year due to a drop in profit from its  finance unit, which it expects to be hit by rising interest  rates.
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Ford Motor Co., the nation's second-biggest automaker, said Thursday it swung to a profit of $104 million in the fourth quarter from a loss of $793 million a year ago, when it incurred heavy charges for restructuring in Europe and a new agreement with its top supplier hurt the bottom line.
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Ford Motor Co. F.N on Friday raised  its third-quarter and 2004 profit forecasts because of strength  in its financial services business and cost improvements in its  car operations.
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Ford Motor Co. on Thursday reported a  quarterly profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, on the  strength in its finance arm.
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Ford Motor Co  posted a sharply narrower fourth-quarter loss on Thursday after cutting costs but forecast a net loss for the full year 2008 amid fears of a weakening U.S. economy.
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Ford Motor Co. F.N on Tuesday posted  a 5.4 percent fall in U.S. vehicle sales for January, its  eighth straight month of weaker results, as stronger sales of  its new cars failed to offset falling SUV and minivan sales.
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Ford Motor Co. F.N on Tuesday  reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as strength in  its finance arm once again offset losses in its automotive  business.
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Buoyed again by strong results at its financial-services arm, Ford swung to a profit of $266 million in the third quarter even though the loss at its worldwide automotive operations widened and its market share in the key US market fell by more than a
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Fordâs president said that the companyâs operations are improving but the outlook for U.S. sales in 2008 is grim.
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Ford Motor Co.  on Thursday posted  an unexpected second-quarter loss as sales of sport utility  vehicles, its most profitable models, slumped on higher U.S.  gasoline prices and it took charges for employee buyouts.
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Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday capped 2004  with its seventh straight month of weaker sales, despite a crop  of new vehicles and hefty incentives, while Japan's Nissan  Motor Co Ltd. posted another sales gain.
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The chemical maker reported a quarterly profit that was lower than expected, in part due to weak demand from the housing and auto markets.
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Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday capped 2004 with its seventh straight month of weaker sales, despite a crop of new vehicles and hefty incentives, while Japan's Nissan Motor Co Ltd. posted another sales gain.
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DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. reported disappointing US sales yesterday, prompting the nation's two largest automakers to cut planned vehicle production in the fourth quarter, which could hurt profits.
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Ford Motor Co.  on Wednesday said it was setting first-quarter North American production below the 2004 quarter's levels as U.S. sales fell again in November.