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| READING, Pa. (AFX) - Ford Motor Co. has contracted with Penske Logistics to provide material planning and handling services at a Ford plant in England, Penske announced Monday. Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. to Host IP Video Conference SAN FRANCISCO----Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., a securities broker-dealer and investment bank, and subsidiary of MCF Corporation , today announced that it will host its first IP Video Conference on February 13, 2007 in San Francisco. Nuance Provides Speech Technology for Ford Sync BURLINGTON, Mass.----Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced that the Ford Motor Company has utilized an array of Nuance speech solutions for its new in-car digital system. This new factory-installed, in-car communications and entertainment system, dubbed Sync, is designed to change the way consumers use digital media portable music players and mobile phones in their vehicles. Ford posts worst loss in history DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Ford Motor Co. lost 5.8 billion in the fourth quarter amid slumping sales and huge restructuring costs, pushing the fabled automakers deficit for the year to 12.7 billion, the largest in its 103-year history. DETROIT (AFX) - Gas prices may be lower than they were most of last year, but consumers still want to buy fuel efficient vehicles, giving Asian automakers sales a boost over Ford and GM in January. Evernham Teams Focus On The Future Times are tough in Detroit, particularly for Ford Motor Company. But there are no indications that any of the Big Three auto makers plan to bail out of NASCAR, despite the arrival of deep-pockets Toyota on the Nextel Cup scene. Ford cash in focus as clock ticks on turnaround Ford Motor Co. is in a race against the clock with Wall Street measuring its progress over the next two years by the cash remaining on its balance sheet. Ford shows new Focus in Detroit Redesigned inside and out, the 2008 Ford Focus debuted at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit with a new exterior, a modern interior, and a long list of new safety and technology features, including Ford Sync, Ford Motor Companys exclusive fully integrated, voice-activated in-car communications and entertainment system for mobile phones and digital media players. Toyota Dealers $3 Billion Bet Toyota dealers spent nearly $3 billion to prepare for the larger Tundra pickup as it targets long-time category leaders Ford and Chevy Autologica to Open Office in Puerto Rico to Focus on Caribbean and Central American Auto Dealers SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico--Autologica S.A., a specialist in business management software for automotive dealers and distributors (known in the industry as Dealer Management Systems or DMS), announced that they will open an office in San Juan, Puerto Rico next April, to help dealers in the region through their mix of software and specialized training. | |