Ford Motor Co.

Ford Motor Co. Articles

• Business: Ford Abroad
  Apr. 29, 1935
  Though all the stock of Ford Motor Co. is owned by Father Henry and Son Edsel, there are still numerous ways of investing in the most magical name in motordom. Frenchmen speculate in Ford, Société Anonyme, Germans in Ford Motor Co. A. G., Spaniards in Ford Motor Iberica Dutchmen in N. V. Nederlandsche Ford Automobielfabriek. ...
• Milestones, Jun. 16, 1980
  Jun. 16, 1980
  BORN. To Edsel Ford II, 31, only son of retired Ford Motor Co. Chairman Henry Ford II and currently assistant managing director of Ford Australia, and his wife Cynthia Neskow Ford, 29: a son, their first child; in Melbourne. Name: Henry Ford III, after his grandfather and his great-great-grandfather, Henry Ford I, the firm's founder. ...
• Milestones, Nov. 1, 1976
  Nov. 1, 1976
  Died. Eleanor Clay Ford, 80, one of the world's richest women (estimated fortune: between $100 million and $200 million); widow of Edsel Ford and mother of Henry Ford II; in Detroit. After her husband's death in 1943, Mrs. Ford forced her father-in-law, Ford Motor Co. Founder Henry Ford, to appoint her eldest son (then only ...
• Business: Business Notes, Sep. 6, 1926
  Sep. 6, 1926
  Drift from Fords. The Ford Motor Co. permits scant publicity for its production figures. Only by inference may these be calculated at the present moment. That is not so difficult. Thus- The January-June, 1926, U. S. motor car and truck production was 2,449,192. Companies other than the Ford Motor Co. made 1,590,220 cars and trucks. ...
• Wall Street: Ford's Two-for-One
  Jan. 19, 1962
  After months of rumor, the Ford Motor Co. finally did it. In May, Ford's board announced, the company will ask its stockholders to approve a two-for-one stock split that will increase the number of outstanding Ford shares to 110 million. At the same time, Ford directors made the ownership of Ford stock a bit more ...

Ford Motor Co. Blog Posts

• Business
  Like so many things in Detroit, Ford's Volvo sale may be all about the retiree health benefits
  Jul. 17, 2007
• Business
  Why Michigan is In Play
  Sep. 14, 2006

Ford Motor Co. Photo Essays & Graphics

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  Detroit: Now a Ghost Town

  Once a crowded urban center, Detroit has become a large city with many buildings and too few people. By mid-2008, its population had dropped to 912,062, about half the number of residents in 1950

Ford Motor Co. TIME Covers

• Apr 17, 1964
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• Jan 30, 2006
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• Jul 20, 1970
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