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Ford Fusion Hybrid Cranks Out 43+ MPG in City Testing — Journalists crank out high MPGs from Ford's latest hybrid...... [Tags: cranks, ford, ford fusion, journalists, mpg]

Automakers Present Final Plea — Executives of GM, Ford and Chrysler are presenting their latest bailout requests to Congress Thursday. The automakers are asking for as much as $38 billion dollars in loans to keep the industry alive. What are their chances of getting it?» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: automakers, bailout, billion dollars, chrysler, congress]

Uneasy shift from billboard to boardroom — The worlds of business and showbusiness have never been the easiest of bedfellows. When the going is good, the pair have snuggled up, sometimes successfully. For example, Anna Ford has brought cachet and experience to the board of Sainsbury’s, while Mothercare has benefited from the boardroom input of Birmingham City’s Karren Brady.... [Tags: bedfellows, billboard, birmingham city, boardroom, cachet]

Big Three CEOs Drive Hybrids To Washington (VIDEO) — CNBC's "Power Lunch" created a funny animation of the Big Three CEOs -- Alan Mulally of Ford, Rick Wagoner of GM and Robert Nardelli of Chrysler -- driving to Washington, D.C., where they're asking for federal funds. The CEOs are driving hybrid cars after being reamed by the media for flying flashy corporate jets to plead their cases as struggling companies in need of government help. The "Power Lunch" team are also offering joke suggestions of interesting sights for the CEOs to see along the way. WATCH:... [Tags: alan mulally, ceos, chrysler, cnbc, corporate jets]

Auto Industry Collapse: Who Gains From Detroit's Pain — You'd think an automotive apocalypse was nigh. In their pleadings to the government, executives from General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler make it sound as if the entire U.S. auto industry will crash if they don't get billions in aid. But we're forgetting something: Americans will still need to buy cars, even if they don't say GM or Ford or Chrysler on the badge. Once the recession fades and prosperous times return, in fact, Americans might buy 16 million or 17 million cars per year, a lot more than the 12 million or fewer they'll buy this year. So who will... [Tags: apocalypse, auto industry, billions, chrysler, collapse]

Microsoft applies Model T factory methods to datacenters — Microsoft has come up with a faster, cheaper way to build its datacenters over the next five years, and it says other companies could use its methods too.Microsoft's approach, described by General Manager Michael Manos in a blog post Tuesday, uses a modular design in which standard units of computing, cooling, and electrical equipment are delivered to a facility on the back of a truck and assembled on site. The system, which Microsoft calls its "Generation 4" design, will allow its datacenters to become operational more quickly and cut the cost of building traditional, brick and mortar facilities.[ Find out... [Tags: brick and mortar, building blocks, clout, cooling systems, datacenter]

Ford, GM, and Chrysler CEOs Agrees to Work for $1, Sell Jets — Opponents to bailout lost a major point of criticism based on Big Three's big new plan...... [Tags: bailout, ceos, chrysler, ford, gm]

The Daily Flash: Eco, Space, Science (12/03) — A New Type of Comet? And Where Did It Come From?Technology Insights: A View of 2025Portugal reinforces its reputation as a renewables champion with 120 new windmills World 'must tackle space threat'Ford accelerates electric-vehicle plansOmega Centauri -- The Glittering Giant of the Southern SkiesRace for Scotland’s $15 Million Marine Energy Prize BeginsNoam Chomsky: in the history of ideas is comparable to that of Darwin or Descartes... [Tags: 39 ford, champion, comet, darwin, descartes]

General Motors and Ford CEOs putting their salary on the line — The offer to work for $1 a year if an auto industry bailout is approved would mean a huge pay cut for Rick Wagoner and Alan Mulally. Working for a buck a year would amount to a multimillion-dollar pay cut for the chief executives of General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.... [Tags: auto industry, bailout, ceos, chief executives, ford]

Microsoft Wants a Ford Model T Data Center — Microsoft described a radical new method for building its data centers that it says will save money and make them operational...... [Tags: ford, ford model t, microsoft, money]

Microsoft Wants a Ford Model T Data Center — Microsoft described a radical new method for building its data centers that it says will save money and make them operational more quickly.... [Tags: ford, ford model t, microsoft, money]

Automakers Deliver Plans To Congress — The Big Three automakers have presented their plans to Congress for how they will restructure themselves to make them worthy of a congressional bailout. Ford says it wants a $9 billion standby line of credit; GM has sought $12 billion. Chrysler is expected to ask for $7 billion.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: bailout, big three automakers, chrysler, congress, e mail]

Big Three CEOs Ready Game Plan — The reception for the heads of GM, Ford and Chrysler may be better when they return to face Congress on Thursday, two weeks after the collapse of their first failed bid for a bailout.... [Tags: bailout, ceos, chrysler, collapse, congress]

GE's Got One Thing Investors Want — Debra Borchardt reviews the most-searched stocks on TheSteet.com. Among the names are automakers GM and Ford and machinery companies like Caterpillar and John Deere.... [Tags: automakers, borchardt, caterpillar, ford, gm]

GM, Ford to sell corp. jet fleet — Ford and General Motors will sell their fleet of corporate luxury jets, the two struggling auto companies announced today...... [Tags: auto companies, ford, general motors, gm, gm ford]

First November Auto Sales In, Prove People Are Scared To Buy Cars [Carpocalypse Now] — November car sales numbers are coming in and they’re what you expect them to be — horrendous. Ford is down 31% month-to-month with last year. Toyota fell even further at 33.9%. That's successful compared to GM's 41% drop. Even Honda is down 31.6%. What's going on? Carpocalypse Now is going on, that's what! The entire auto industry is screwed at the moment, and it's not just the U.S. automakers. Since Toyota’s and Honda’s numbers are in the crapper it points to what we've been saying from the start. This is less an issue of a problem with our dear domestic... [Tags: accessible credit, auto industry, auto sales, automakers, car makers]

Columnist Dan Neil: Nationalize GM — The heads of Ford, Chrysler and GM head to Capitol Hill this week in hopes of securing $25 billion in bailout money. But the Los Angeles Times' Dan Neil is proposing another option for the biggest of the three. He says, the government should just buy GM.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: bailout, capitol hill, chrysler, columnist, e mail]

GM, Ford Quitting Corporate Jet Travel — The auto companies appear to be reacting to intense criticism of their CEOs' use of corporate jets to call on Congress two weeks ago.... [Tags: auto companies, ceos, congress, corporate jet, corporate jets]