Ford CEO Says Health Care Reform at Top of Agenda
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The auto industry is considering a  legislative agenda that includes support for catastrophic  health care reform and an incentive to boost consumer interest  in alternative fueled vehicles, Ford Motor Co. chairman Bill  Ford Jr. said on Wednesday.
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Ford Motor Co.  announced on  Thursday a shake-up of its top management intended to  streamline vehicle development efforts and bring Chief  Executive Alan Mulally closer to key operations.
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General Motors Corp. chairman and chief executive G. Richard Wagoner Jr. called on corporate and government leaders to find "some serious medicine" for the nation's ailing health system.
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Ford Motor Co. announced on Thursday a shake-up of its top management intended to streamline vehicle development efforts and bring Chief Executive Alan Mulally closer to key operations.
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Ford Motor Co. CEO Bill Ford Jr. plans to revive his push to make the automaker more environmentally friendly now that he no longer has to deal with a financial crisis, Newsweek reported.
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DETROIT The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked General Motors and Ford to provide information on their pension and retiree health care plans.
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Ford Motor Co.  needs a new  business model in order to turn the automaker around, according  to a memo addressed to staff by its Chairman and Chief  Executive Bill Ford and seen by Reuters.
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Chief executives of U.S.- based automakers were told by Democratic leaders on Wednesday that higher fuel economy standards were headed their way, but the industry hopes to avoid sharply higher mileage targets.
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Union leaders received an update on FordÂs condition Tuesday, but said they were not told about any specific steps the company planned to take.
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For months, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has promised a plan to bring health care to every American.
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DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Co.'s board is expected to review a plan to cut white-collar staffing, benefits and other costs by 30 percent as part of a broader restructuring, according to published report.
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The U.S. health secretary on Thursday enlisted Midwest employers including Motorola Inc. and McDonald's Corp. to push insurers to meet new federal standards on the price and quality of healthcare services.
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What should really keep executives awake at night is the upward trajectory of health care spending.
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A group of the largest commercial hospital chains plans to propose that individuals be required to have basic health coverage.
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Friday unveiled his plan for overhauling the U.S. health care system with tax breaks and other incentives aimed at helping the 45 million Americans without health insurance.
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SAN FRANCISCO  - IBM, Intel, Microsoft and other tech companies are increasingly betting that the health care industry will help them grow as their traditional markets mature. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is to kick off a health care tech conference in New Orleans today. The health care Information and Management Systems Society show is expected to draw 900 exhibitors and 25,000 doctors, hospital staffers and others.
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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."