Ford talks to Prodrive on Aston Martin sale: paper
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Ford Motor Co.  is in exclusive talks with Prodrive, a motor racing company, over the potential sale of the U.S. carmaker's Aston Martin luxury car unit, The Times said on Saturday.
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Ford announced Thursday it wants to hive off Aston Martin, the dashing sports car immortalized by fictional superspy James Bond.
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Ford said it was working with financial advisers to sort out the future of the two British brands.
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Ford says it might sell off the luxury Aston Martin brand following a review of the unit's future.
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The Ford Motor Company has agreed to sell its iconic Aston Martin brand for just over 470 million pounds (908 million dollars) to a consortium led by a former British racing driver, an official for the US firm said Monday.
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Ford Motor Co.  has reached a deal  to sell its British race car unit Aston Martin to an investor  consortium led by racing team boss and chief executive of  Prodrive Ltd David Richards, an adviser on the deal, said on  Monday.
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Ford Motor Co. said on Thursday it has had contact with interested parties for its Land Rover and Jaguar luxury brands and is evaluating the level of interest.
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Ford Motor Co. is considering selling its Volvo Cars business as it assesses the future of its European operations, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
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Troubled US auto giant Ford Motor Co. has said it was looking to sell Aston Martin, the prestigious British sports carmaker immortalised by fictional superspy James Bond.
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Automaker Ford Motor Co.  is in  talks to sell some luxury-auto brands to an investment group  led by its former Chief Executive Officer Jacques Nasser,  Bloomberg news service reported on its Web site, citing four  people familiar with the discussions.
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"I don't think anybody's going to bid cold, hard cash for Jaguar"  Cash-strapped Ford Motor Co. took a step toward selling its Jaguar and Land Rover units on Thursday when it received an undisclosed number of opening bids for its British automaking businesses.Thursday was a deadline to submit early bids, but Ford said no sale is imminent.'We've had contacts from third parties, and we're actively evaluating them as part of our strategic review,' John Gardiner, a Ford spokesman in London, said Thursday. 'They've only been preliminary discussions, and no decisions have been made.' Read more
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Ford Motor Co.  heads into a round of contract talks with its major union as the automaker seeks sweeping changes worth billions of dollars that would transform it into a strong contender, according to people familiar with the upcoming negotiations.
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Ford&#39;s sale of elite sports-car maker Aston Martin is a sign of deeper troubles at the US automaker after a failed foray into luxury European brands and a loss of focus on its critical US market, said analysts.
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Luxury car business Aston Martin has been sold to a British-led consortium for Â£479m.
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Private equity firm Alchemy Partners is lining up a 3 billion pound ($5.9 billion) bid for U.S. car maker Ford's  luxury UK brands Jaguar and Land Rover, the City A.M. newspaper said on Monday.
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Ford Motor Co F.N said on Wednesday   that none of its European premium brand car businesses was for   sale at this stage except Aston Martin, but added it would   continue to examine all its options.
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The head of British luxury automaker Jaguar hopes to find a buyer soon after ailing US auto giant Ford Motor Corp. put the firm up for sale, a report said Wednesday.