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Companies try to avoid the Trump Twitter treatment

by Annie Baxter
Jan 18, 2017
It’s not even Inauguration Day yet, but we’re getting a pretty clear sense of President-elect Donald Trump’s negotiating style with corporate America. His tweets have chastised manufacturers like Carrier, GM and Ford for outsourcing jobs, prompting those companies to promise to add or retain jobs domestically. And now several others are promising expansions and investments […]
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More car makers announce billions of dollars in US investment: is this the Trump effect?

by Jed Kim
Jan 9, 2017
Fiat Chrysler has announced it’ll invest about $1 billion to improve two of its plants in the U.S. It’ll bring 2,000 jobs as well. This comes after news of other automakers changing their operating plans , like Ford canceling a factory in Mexico and investing in a Michigan plant. Of course, hanging over all of […]
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U.S. automakers’ push into China faces hurdles

by Adam Allington
Nov 25, 2016
Big American trucks used to be banned, and they're still subject to high tariffs, but GM and Ford seem to think the time is right.
Elevated motorways in Shanghai on, 2015.
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Trump tweet exaggerates influence over Ford plant's fate

by Annie Baxter
Nov 18, 2016
Ford says it has no plans to shutter U.S. plants.
A view of the Lincoln MKC. 
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Ford is banking on its early Black Friday sale to move cars and boost revenue

by Sally Herships
Nov 4, 2016
Ford has launched its Black Friday sales early. The automaker is looking to recuperate from a 12 percent slump in sales in October. Deals and incentives for those in the market for a new vehicle include low APR financing and $1,000 cash back on various 2016 and 2017 models in an effort to get those […]
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Ford CEO Mark Fields on self-driving cars and Henry Ford

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Oct 12, 2016
Ford Motor Company's CEO has futuristic plans for the auto giant.
President and CEO of Ford Motor Co. Mark Fields arrives at a press event for CES 2016 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on January 5, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Trump said Ford's move to Mexico is a 'disgrace'

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 15, 2016
Ford responds.
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Ford and tequila — an unlikely paring

by Kai Ryssdal
Jul 20, 2016
The auto company is teaming up with Jose Cuervo to make sustainable car parts
Ford wants to make parts from left over agave plants. 
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Ford bought a Tesla just to see how it works

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 22, 2016
Apparently, this happens often
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Homes and trucks: friends forever?

by Mark Garrison
Jul 28, 2015
How pick-up truck sales are affecting the housing and construction industry.
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