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Ford earns $1.7 billion last quarter; $5.7 billion in 2012

Automaker's profit and revenue driven by sales of trucks, SUVs and price increases across all models. Losses in Europe still holding back Ford's profit growth. Ref. USAToday

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Ford confirms Australian plant closures

Ford has confirmed it will cease its manufacturing operations in Australia by October 2016 with the loss of 1200 jobs. Ref. Source 8

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Ford goes back to low-tech knobs
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Ford will add buttons, knobs to its much-maligned MyFord Touch system.
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Ford CEO Alan Mulally said today he will not leave the automaker for Microsoft and will stay at Ford at least through 2014. He was mentioned repeatedly as a top candidate to replace Steve Ballmer at Microsoft. He made the comments in an interview with the Associated Press. Ref. USAToday

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Fields officially named new Ford CEO, replacing Mulally

Alan Mulally retires after masterminding Ford rescue, hired from Boeing by Chairman Bill Ford in 2006. Ref. USAToday

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Ford considers building Tesla-like vehicle

CEO Mark Fields says Ford could build a car similar to the Tesla Model S and has the engineering and manufacturing sophistication to do so. Ref. USAToday

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Ford is canceling plans to build a new plant in Mexico. It will invest $700 million in Michigan instead, creating 700 new US jobs.

Ford CEO Mark Fields said the investment is a "Vote of confidence" in the pro-business environment president-elect Donald Trump is creating. However, he stressed Ford did not do any sort of special deal with Trump.

"We didn't cut a deal with Trump. We did it for our business," Fields told CNN's Poppy Harlow in an exclusive interview Tuesday. Ref. CNN.

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Ford to revive Bronco SUV, Ranger pickup truck with both set to be made in Michigan

Ford CEO Mark Fields told USA TODAY that the automaker would make the two vehicles at its assembly plant in Wayne, Mich., to replace production of the Focus sedan, which is moving to Mexico, and preserve 3,600 jobs. The move marks the second Ford announcement this year on locating manufacturing in Michigan after facing sharp criticism from Donald Trump during the presidential campaign over Mexican expansion plans. Ref. USAToday.