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• Ford to shut Taurus plant for week after India strike   [Nov 09, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co. is scheduling a one-week shutdown of the Chicago factory building its new Taurus, a model that more than doubled in sales last month, caused by a strike at a parts-supplier in India ...

• Changan Ford Oct sales up 80% to 20,027 units   [Nov 03, 2009]

  Shanghai, November 3 (Gasgoo.com) Ford Motor said today that sales by its passenger car joint venture with China's Chongqing Changan Automobile rose 80% in October from a year earlier to 20,027 ...

• Ford to extend revolving credit; raise $3 bln equity   [Nov 03, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co said on Monday it would pay back in part and extend by two years $10.7 billion of secured debt and issue some $3 billion of stock and equity linked securities to improve its balance ...

• Geely confident of successful bid for Ford's Volvo   [Nov 02, 2009]

  Shanghai, November 2 (Gasgoo.com) Geely's chairman Li Shufu said on Friday that his company is confident its bid for Ford Motor's Volvo unit will be successful, as it seeks to lead Chinese automakers ...

• Ford suffers UAW setback, Canadian workers OK cuts   [Nov 02, 2009]

  U.S. factory workers at Ford Motor Co overwhelmingly rejected proposed concessions it has said it needs to stay competitive, while union workers in Canada on Sunday accepted cuts aimed at retaining ...

• China probes GM, Ford imports after U.S. tire duties   [Nov 01, 2009]

  China is investigating whether U.S. carmakers including General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. benefited unfairly from government assistance, Chinese commerce minister Chen Deming said today. China ...

• Ford says October sales rose after clunker hangover   [Oct 31, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co. said U.S. auto sales rose in October from a month earlier as the industry probably rebounded from the drop in demand that followed the so-called cash for clunkers program. "The roller ...

• China's "Henry Ford" drives Geely onto global stage   [Oct 31, 2009]

  Li Shufu, the founder of China's Zhejiang Geely Holdings, has much in common with Henry Ford, from a childhood on the farm to a scrappy determination to build a car-making behemoth from nothing.If ...

• Ford may narrow loss after winning more US market    [Oct 30, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co. may narrow its third-quarter operating loss after winning more U.S. market share on the strength of a reputation enhanced by avoiding bankruptcy. Ford will post an adjusted loss Nov. 2 ...

• Geely Auto: not involved in parent's bid for Volvo   [Oct 29, 2009]

  Chinese auto maker Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. said Wednesday that it isn't involved in its parent's bid for Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo unit and it isn't providing financing to its parent for the ...

• Geely named as preferred bidder for Volvo   [Oct 29, 2009]

  Ford Motor Company announced Wednesday that a consortium led by Zhejiang Geely Group Holding Co. Ltd. is its preferred bidder in the ongoing discussions concerning the possible sale of Volvo Car ...

• China consulate officials in US visit Yu in Ford case   [Oct 28, 2009]

  China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that its consulate general in Chicago has already sent officials to visit Yu Xiangdong, the Chinese national who was indicted in the U.S. on charges he stole ...

• Ford workers at three plants vote down concessions   [Oct 27, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co. workers at three factories with more than 5,600 employees rejected concessions that the United Auto Workers granted to the carmaker's U.S. competitors, union officials said. Workers ...

• Ford aiming to speed up hybrid development   [Oct 26, 2009]

  With its hybrid cars enjoying a surge in popularity, the Ford Motor Company is anxious to accelerate their development and has turned to the University of Michigan to help it fulfil its ...

• Ford Canada plant idled due to India labor unrest   [Oct 24, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co said on Friday it will idle one of its Canadian plants next week due to a shortage of transmission parts that stems from a labor dispute in India.Ford said it will close its Oakville, ...

• China's Volvo bid may stall over intellectual property   [Oct 22, 2009]

  Geely Holding's attempt to buy Ford Motor Co's Volvo car unit is in danger of stalling over disagreements about intellectual property rights, a source close to the talks said on ...

• Yu's case shows China lacks experience in dealing with IP issues   [Oct 21, 2009]

  Former Ford engineer Xiang Dong Yu, also known as Mike Yu, was arrested last week at the Chicago O'Hare airport and indicted on suspicion of stealing trade secrets from his former employer. Yu, who ...

• Geely, Ford Volvo talks falter on intellectual property   [Oct 21, 2009]

  Geely Holding Group Co.'s 10-month effort to buy Volvo from Ford Motor Co. may fall apart within days as the companies struggle to agree on intellectual property rights, two people familiar with the ...

• Beijing Auto says watching ex-Ford engineer theft case   [Oct 20, 2009]

  Shanghai, October 20 (Gasgoo.com) Beijing Auto, an employer of a former Ford Motor engineer arrested in the U.S. last week for allegedly stealing trade secrets, said today it is watching the case ...

• Ford expands in China but shrinks global operation   [Oct 20, 2009]

  Ford Motor, one of the world's automobile tycoons, is still accelerating the global development shrinkage, but its expansion in China is continued. At the 2009-end, the Ford Asia Headquarters will be ...