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Auto profits rebound, but wages don't follow

Jan 5, 2015
Is a job as an autoworker still a gateway to the middle class?
Workers build a Ford Focus on the assembly line at Ford's assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan.
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On the Ford assembly line, new workers make less

Nov 11, 2014
Ford and other auto makers have added thousands of jobs, but at lower wages.

Automakers could sell 16 million cars this year. What?

Aug 1, 2014
That's the biggest auto sales number in eight years.
Allen Zimney and his girlfriend, Leila Alvarez, aided by salesman Greg Bowles, shop at the Star Ford car dealership in Glendale, California.
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Happy 50th birthday, Ford Mustang

Apr 16, 2014
The Ford Mustang is a design innovation that lives on.

Ford's China conundrum: Big profits, bribery allegations

Apr 4, 2014
More autoworkers are Chinese – assembling cars in China for sale to Chinese consumers.

Cold, snowy winter brings hot deals on cars

Mar 3, 2014
Endless snowstorms, freezing cold, and an uncertain economy has car sales skidding off the road in 2014. So carmakers are extending their incentive programs.

What do our cars know about us?

Jan 16, 2014
Ford's CEO got in some hot water after his comments about Ford cars collecting data on drivers worried some consumers. What are the emerging privacy issues we should be thinking about when it comes to new car technology.

For public good, not for profit.

Could Ford's aluminum F-150 reshape truck market?

Dec 25, 2013
Ford will unveil an F-150 pickup truck made with military-grade aluminum.

Will Japan open up roadways to more U.S. automakers?

Aug 19, 2013
The U.S. wants to make it easier for American automakers to get their cars in front of Japanese customers.

Ford lowers mileage rating on C-Max Hybrid

Aug 16, 2013
Ford will pay owners of the hybrid car after being sued for misleading customers.