Word: jaguar
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...think things are pretty bleak in Dearborn, Mich. A new CEO, Alan Mulally, is parachuting in from Boeing, supposedly armed with turnaround tools that will put Ford in the black. One part of the company's luxury division, Aston Martin, is on the auction block, and Jaguar and Land Rover may soon follow. Wall Street has lost confidence: Ford's stock, which closed at $8.77 a share last week after a recent run-up, is still valued at less than the company's cash on hand. This week Ford is expected to unveil a revision of its Way Forward plan...
...around the Citigroup's ties to the automaker. Rubin's resignation gave new impetus to speculation that the Ford family was thinking of either taking company private or even preparing for a possible merger or alliance with another auto giant or even selling off parts of the company like Jaguar and Volvo."It suggests that some large changes are happening at the Ford Motor Co. that go way beyond the 'Way Forward' plan,"says John Casesa, a consultant with the CasesaShapiro LLC in New York City, who doesn't rule out the possibility of a merger, an alliance with another...
...year reinstated a boycott on Ford autos, protesting the firm's product-focused ads in U.S. gay media. Randy Sharp, a director at afa, condemns Ford's ads for "giving credit to [homosexuality] as being a normal lifestyle." Ford says its decision last year to scrap publicity for its Jaguar brand was commercial, unrelated to pressure from afa. The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (asa) in recent months received 19 complaints that the gay kiss featured in Dolce & Gabbana's TV spot was "unacceptable" (asa dismissed the complaints upon investigation). Brewer Guinness didn't even get that...
...drive an Audi S8. She drives a Jaguar...
Taylor does not trust any of them. "Peacekeeping?" he scoffs. "We've arrested Guinean soldiers here in Liberia. How can they come to keep the peace? We've captured Nigerian weapons from Doe's soldiers. How can you bring a jaguar into the house and say he has come to make the peace? ECOWAS is going to make this another Vietnam -- a war that never ends...