Many Americans were surprised when Ford Motor Company turned down offers of federal bailout money at the same time General Motors and Chrysler accepted the strings-attached cash. As the parody video below demonstrates, the venerable automaker isn’t afraid of taking risks and doing things a bit different than its “Big Three” brethren. And it’s not [...]
Ford Workers Not Afraid of a Little Competition
May 10th, 2009 · No Comments
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Job Doesn’t Require GM CEO to Earn a Profit?
April 7th, 2009 · No Comments
One year after I offered to save Ford Motor Company $27.5 million by accepting an annual salary of $2 million in exchange for serving as the company’s CEO, I realized I should have made the offer to serve as the boss at General Motors instead. New GM CEO Fritz Henderson is quoted in an autobloggreen [...]
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Big Three Automakers’ Bailout Plans Revealed
December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
On this day when the nation’s Big Three Automakers were required to submit plans for turning around their respective companies and, simultaneously, file the equivalent of a loan application to Congress, I thought it would be worthwhile to take a look at the plans submitted. CHRYSLER In addition to using a colorful graphic (above) to [...]
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