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FCA Posts €92 million in Q1 Profit Due to North American Sales
FCA said that profit margins would increase during 2015. “We feel confident that a 7% profit margin rate in the fourth quarter is absolutely doable,” said CFO Richard Palmer. Continue reading
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Ford Motor Posts Q1 Profit of $2.1 Billion
The Ford Motor profit of 41 cents per share was $147 million lower than a year ago as results in Asia were weak because of ongoing expansion; weaker still in South America because of currency problems in Venezuela and Argentina, as well as competition, and frankly disastrous in Europe where Ford has not been able to stem a flood tide of red ink for decades. Continue reading
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Ford Motor Doubles Quarterly Dividend for Q1 2013 to $0.10
Ford Motor Company declared a first-quarter dividend of $0.10 per share on the company’s outstanding Class B that the family controls as well as common stock. This doubles the $0.05 dividend paid in each quarter of 2012. Continue reading
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Ford Motor Q1 Results Improve Somewhat
Overall Ford continues to struggle finding a balance between global operations, product mix, manufacturing efficiency, shareholder returns and changing into an automobility company that can compete with old industry giants and emerging new ones such as Lyft, Google and Uber. Continue reading →