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 helped override weak automotive  operations for the third straight quarter.
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Ford Motor Co  posted a sharply narrower fourth-quarter loss on Thursday after cutting costs and boosting profits from vehicle sales, but it forecast a net loss for the full year 2008.
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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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DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. reported Friday that its U.S. auto sales dropped 9.7 percent compared with the same period a year ago as both truck and car sales lost ground. DaimlerChrysler AG said sales rose 4.7 percent.
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Detroit: The Ford Motor Company has surprised analysts by offering a brighter outlook for the third quarter and 2004 earnings, even as it announced it was swinging the axe at its luxury Jaguar division.
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AutoNation Inc. AN.N and two other  car dealership companies on Thursday posted weaker quarterly  earnings, blaming the hurricanes that hit the U.S. Southeast  this summer or costly incentives used to boost sales.
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General Motors Corp. (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Ford Motor Co. (FN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday posted weaker US vehicle sales for October after
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Ford Motor Co.  reported on Friday a decline in monthly U.S. auto sales and slashed its North American production forecasts yet again.
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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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Auto retailer reports that profit fell 6 percent in the third quarter as sales of new cars declined. DETROIT  - Auto retailer CarMax Inc.
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General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.  posted weaker U.S. sales for August on Wednesday and both cut  planned fourth-quarter production as their aging vehicle  lineups lost ground to rival Chrysler and some foreign brands.
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Despite more aggressive discounts, Ford  Motor Co.  and Chrysler Group on Tuesday reported lower  U.S. sales for June, underscoring the drag on the U.S. auto  industry from high gas prices, fierce competition and a weak  housing market.
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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.
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Ford Motor Co. expects lower earnings in 2005 because of a drop in profits at its financial services arm, which contributed heavily to 2004 results, but the nation's second-largest automaker predicts robust growth from its automotive businesses. Its shares rose nearly 2 percent.
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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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NEW YORK - A bullish profit outlook from Ford Motor Co. sent stocks moderately higher Friday as investors looked past a disappointing report on consumer sentiment and a big rise in oil prices...
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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.