FORD IN WORLD RALLY PLEDGE
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Ford has made a four-year commitment to the World Rally Championship, ending fears that they could pull out of that series as well as Formula One, reports Reuters.
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Ford Motor Co will consider adding  production capacity in Russia to meet rising demand in Europe's  fastest-growing major market, the head of the automaker's  European operations said on Wednesday.
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Ford Motor&#39;s (F) striking market-share plunge should be over within six months, and the company is banking on new products to regain share while allowing it to cut back incentives, CEO Bill Ford said Wednesday in an interview with USA TODAY.
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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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ESTONIA&#39;S Markko Martin won his second successive world championship rally today as he took the Rally of Catalonia in a Ford Focus.
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PERTH, Australia : Newly crowned world champion Sebastien Loeb was headed for a record-equalling sixth rally win of the year here as he led a depleted field after overnight leader Marcus Gronholm crashed out.
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Ford Motor Co. will offer buyout   packages of up to $140,000 to all of the more than 75,000   workers at its U.S. plants, the United Auto Workers union said   on Thursday, a day before the automaker details a revised   turnaround plan in response to slumping sales.
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Markko Martin won his second consecutive World Rally Championship race on Sunday to clinch the Rally of Catalunya. The Estonian, driving a Ford, followed up his recent victory in
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Ford Motor Co.&#39;s  European  division is sticking to forecasts of higher 2007 profits  although it is worried about Japanese competition due to the  weak yen, Chief Executive Lewis Booth was quoted on Saturday as  saying.
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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 pulled the plug on Formula One, but the US carmaker vowed on Tuesday to remain in the FIA-run World Rally championship at least until the end of 2008.
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Ford Motor Co.  President and Chief Executive Alan Mulally said on Thursday the automaker would realign its organization to put more focus on worldwide markets and customers.
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Strong demand allowed Ford Motor Co.  to boost a convertible bond sale by 50 percent to $4.5 billion on Wednesday as investors bet that the struggling automaker will engineer a successful turnaround.
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Ford predicted a bright future for the Jaguar Formula One team on Monday after completing the sale of the racing outfit to energy drinks company Red Bull.
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Jordan Ford announces that Robert Doornbos will be the teamâs third driver and will drive the teamâs third car (39) at the Grands Prix of China, Japan and Brazil 2004.
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Ford Motor Co.'s  European division is sticking to forecasts of higher 2007 profits although it is worried about Japanese competition due to the weak yen, Chief Executive Lewis Booth was quoted on Saturday as saying.
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DEARBORN, Michigan  - Ford Motor Co.  is ahead of where it expected to be in reducing an overhang of excess production capacity at this point in its turnaround effort and has made "encouraging progress" in stabilizing its U.S. market share, a senior executive said on Friday.