Ford says committed to 2008 profitability target
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Ford Motor Co.  is on  track to meet its goal of making its North American auto  business profitable by 2008 and remains committed to that  target, a senior executive said on Wednesday.
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Ford Motor Co  may accelerate  cost cutting if a slowing U.S. economy puts the auto maker at  risk of missing key financial goals in 2008 and 2009, the Wall  Street Journal reported in its online edition on Tuesday,  citing an interview with an executive.
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DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Co. said Monday it plans to get about $18 billion in financing in part to address near- and medium-term negative operating-related cash flow and fund its restructuring.
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Strong results in its financial services sector and improved cost controls are allowing Ford Motor Co. to raise its third-quarter earnings expectation by 10 cents per share, it said Friday.
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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. F.N on Tuesday  reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on strength in  its finance arm.
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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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Ford Motor Co.  expects to miss its U.S. retail sales goals for February and March because of a deepening slump in the market for pickup trucks and SUVs, a person who had seen the forecast said on Friday.
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Ford Motor Co.  said on Monday it  plans to obtain financing totaling about $18 billion to address  near-and medium-term negative operating-related cash flow, to  fund its restructuring, and to provide added liquidity.
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Ford has 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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NEW YORK/DETROIT  - Ford Motor Co.  said on Monday it plans to borrow $18 billion by pledging assets as collateral for loans, an unprecedented requirement that highlights its worsening financial condition.
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Ford Motor Co  posted a sharply narrower fourth-quarter loss on Thursday after cutting costs and boosting margins on vehicles and said it expects a net loss for the full year 2008.
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Ford Motor Co.  on Tuesday posted  its first monthly sales gain since January as its light trucks  business stabilized after a downturn that forced an accelerated  restructuring at the No. 2 U.S. automaker.
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Ford Motor Co's  Chairman Bill Ford on Sunday said the automaker's plan to return its North American operations to profitability in 2009 is "progressing very well."
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Ford manages to half its latest losses, but still warns that it will most likely fail to make a profit in 2008.
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Ford Motor Co.'s F.N European division   was on track to post a profit in 2006 for the third consecutive   year, Ford Europe Chief Executive John Fleming said on   Thursday.
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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.