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Ford Risks All in Joint Venture With Russians

February 19th, 2011 · No Comments

Officials at Ford announced Friday they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Sollers OJSC, a Russian firm, “under which the parties intend to launch a new 50:50-owned joint venture called Ford Sollers for the production and distribution of Ford vehicles in Russia.”  More from the news release appears below: The proposed joint venture will [...]

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Bowl Game Sponsorships Receive Second Look Amidst Year of Bank Bailouts and TARP Loans

December 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

One year ago this month, I opined about taxpayers footing the bill for several college football bowl games.  Today, I decided to revisit the college football bowl scene and find out who’s sponsoring this year’s post-season gridiron clashes. [Note: I brought this back to the front page of this blog after it was cross-posted Christmas [...]

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Texas Chrysler Dealer Warns Fellow Americans

May 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

One week ago today on his company’s web site, Nicholas Parks published a letter about Chrysler’s recent decision to close his dealership as one of nearly 1,100 facing a similar fate nationwide.  In his letter, Parks warns the American people about the future of small business in the United States.  I share the text of [...]

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Best Ads of the Year Announced at CLIO Awards

May 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Winners of the 2009 CLIO Awards, one of the world’s most prestigious international advertising and design competitions honoring creative excellence and innovation in the industry, were announced today.  They recognize print, direct mail, radio, poster and billboard mediums, as well as the new strategic communications/public relations medium.  Below are three of the winning entries I [...]

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Ford Workers Not Afraid of a Little Competition

May 10th, 2009 · No Comments

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 [...]

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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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Economic Stimulus Package to Crush Cars, Jobs

January 31st, 2009 · No Comments

The Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association has found something in the economic stimulus package its members don’t like.  Known as the “Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program,” this item not only crushes cars, but it crushes jobs and businesses as well. SEMA, a group dedicated to helping its members’ businesses in the automotive aftermarket succeed and prosper, contends [...]

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