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Not sure it is as simple as that. For example, I bought an Edge just last Thurs. I really wanted the leather interior. In the Limited, leather is standard, you get my touch. If you order leather package in the SEL, my-touch is part of that package. So Ford, at least Edge, is packageing the my-touch to move with something as simple as leather int.

Absolutely ridiculous. Fire the janitor that makes 10/hr and hire someone who will work for 9. That way you can make huge profits plus one dollar. Your need for greed is satisfied and you help to keep slums populated. You hate unions yet your sense of corporate greed and eliteism are exactly why unions exist today. You perpetuate the very thing you hate.

Not sure whether one should invest in the stock market what one can not afford to loss. I know you should not bet at a casino what one can not afford to lose. I'd like to think that there is a difference. However when I think of the 6 or 7 thousand shares of F I rolled the dice on (bought) when the price was between 3 and 5, I think that's pretty cool. Hell, I now wish I'd tried even harder!

Ford's guidance or outlook seems to remain positive as they maintain sales levels in the U.S. will be about 13-13.5 millon. However they may be hedging their bet by saying the rest of the year might not be as profitable as the first quarter. ." Based on lower expected profit at Ford Credit, increasing commodity costs, seasonal factors that tend to favor the first half of the year and higher investments and costs related to its longer-term growth and brand plans, quarterly results in the latter part of the year may not be as strong as the first quarter."

http://www.freep.com/article/20110425/BUSINESS01/104250383/Ford-s-1Q-earnings-could-ease-Wall-Street-s-doubts?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s Ford will concentrate on making the best products possible regardless of what the stock price does. Personally I hope the the stock price takes care of itself starting tomorrow.

Seems as though results will be out a little later than usual. Probably taking a couple extra days to count all the money Ford made this quarter!!!! I hope. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Details-of-Ford-Motor-prnews-4235699035.html?x=0&.v=1

What percetage of you moderate repubs agrees with giving tax breaks to the wealthy and making the middle-class, the poor and less fortunate among us pay for it?? Ryan's new budget plan wants to cut the tax rate for the richest from 35% down to 25% and make the elderly pay for their Medicare. WTF is a matter with you people?

Just as important Walker's hand picked boy for his old job gets thumped!!!!! LOL http://current.com/news/93133437_chris-abele-wins-milwaukee-county-executive-election.htm Scroll down and read the first 15 or so comments, and you can rock the Casbah!!

Then it might coincide with when they fix that leaky reactor thing they have on thier hands now.

I'm sure F-150 sales will suffer, but the V-6 models should do well. Ford will sell every Fiesta, Focus, Fusion and Expy that they can make. Fuel efficient Tauras PI could have an impact. Ford will make money with high gas prices. Maybe do even better?

http://www.at.ford.com/news/cn/Pages/In%20Sourcing%20Jobs%20Good%20Business%20for%20Ford.aspx I believe one of the reasons Ford closed Atlanta and decided to build the Fusion in Mexico was to get the UAW's attention that they needed to become competetive with Asian trans-plants labor costs. Judgeing from the last contract and subsequent concessions made to it , that message was recieved. The UAW's reward was more work being in-sourced. Now you have this mess in Japan and if your supplier is there, you're shutting down assembly plants. Bringing this work back on-shore or in-house may now make more economical sense when looking at the 'Big Picture.' For example, Van Dyke Transmission Plant will be building electric drive transaxles for Ford’s future hybrid vehicles, including the next-generation Fusion Hybrid – work previously done by a supplier in Japan. Could you imagine if we still got those parts from Japan. Even the ones you'd be lucky enough to get might have to be radiation decomtaminated if that's even possible!

Do high unemployment , decreasing home values and budget deficits for local communities and states make you happy? You are a true patriot.

http://www.detnews.com/article/20110401/AUTO01/104010438/1361/Ford-to-idle-first-plants-over-parts-shortage-due-to-Japan-quake I wonder if Ford, and other manufacturers might consider bringing more work back on-shore? Maybe even in-house.

Ford has F-150 and Ranger. Some would say a refreshed Ranger might take from F-150 sales. Ford says no more Ranger. Expect same with Flex/Explorer.

Well said.

Thank God those days are over! No wonder we barely survived.

Friends and family?

Well you're the one who wants to be compensated based on the merits of what one is worth. If 50hrs work is worth 40hrs pay, so be it. Talk about humanity

. I supported every concession vote the company, (Ford) asked for and my union advised in favor of. I felt the company was in trouble and it was in ALL OF OUR interests to have a financially strong Ford Motor CO. Greener pastures?

http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/25/news/companies/autoworkers_job_security/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote The UAW position is jobs and keeping them on American soil. I'm sure the stereo-typical union haters on this site who love to harken back to the old days of 'jobs bank' will be dismayed to learn that uniformed arguement is no longer valid. On the other hand though, they do enjoy to beat that same old tired drum.

So that's the new American way? I lost mine so I'm jealous of anyone who still has their's? Do you understand with that way of thinking there is no way to go but down? Look at the stock market lately? Corporations are making more and have more cash than ever on their balance sheets. Seems like employees of these firms firms should be rewarded for their efforts and share in the success instead of sacrificing while the top few reap all the benefits.

The UAW got thier thousands, good for them they work hard and Ford made some money. Mulally and other execs got thier millions, good for them they work hard and Ford made some money. As a share-holder, where's mine? http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/03/25/ceo-pay-how-long-can-the-pillaging-persist.aspx

Kia pays between $15 and $21. Lets say $18 an hour per year is $37,500. Now the median per capita income in rural Georgia is, lets say $18,231 because thats what it was in 2008. For the state of Georgia, $25,746. Now you're saying Kia is paying an extra $12,000 per employee,(3,000), to keep them from going someplace else in rural GA and ALA ? There probably isn't 100 job openings within 100 mile radius of West Point, Ga that pay more than $18,231.Those South Koreans got a heart a gold. So no, you didn't make that clear enough. Of course thats just what union people,(like me), like to say.

And you believe IT workers would be paid those sums today had union negociated wages not risen through the decades to where they are today? http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110309/ts_yblog_thelookout/jobs-returning-but-good-ones-not-so-much And a recent Wall Street Journal analysis found that even though productivity rose 5.2 percent from mid 2009 to the end of 2010, wages increased by just 0.3 percent. That means only 6 percent of productivity gains were shared with workers. In past recoveries, that figure has averaged 58 percent. This time around, far more of the gains went to shareholders, in the form of profits, which are at record levels. There are no easy answers for how to fix the problem. Some argue that workers need more clout in their relationship with employers, something that would require a renaissance of private-sector labor unions, which have been on the decline for the last half-century. But that prospect looks unlikely: Indeed efforts are underway in several states to make public-sector unions as weak as their private-sector counterparts

Why bother posting jobs for only half? Why not post for less than half again? Then you could champion yourself for LEADING this great country in the race to the bottom by destroying the middle-class and the life-style that makes this country a great place to live. Of course there wouldn't be hardly anyone left to pay taxes or have any money to purchase anything with but you could then have it all. You, Walker and the rest of your greedy kind could sit at the top of your lofty perch and watch your fellow man grovel for what scraps you decide to give.