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Today in the Fortune 500: GM could be back in the auto loan business, executives leave AMD and Microsoft and Ford wants 7,000 new workers.
The Fortune 500 comes out just once a year, but the companies on it make headlines every day. Here then are today's highlights of news and happenings coming from the biggest names in business.
By Shelley DuBois, reporter
IS GMAC BACK? Top auto company General Motors (GM) is contemplating getting back its auto loan business, formerly called GMAC. GM needs the business, renamed Ally Financial, to enable the MORE
Jan 11, 2011 5:14 AM ET -
Today in the Fortune 500: DuPont buys Danisco, things are looking up for Ford and GM in Detroit and Verizon edges towards the iPhone.
The Fortune 500 comes out just once a year, but the companies on it make headlines every day. Here then are today's highlights of news and happenings coming from the biggest names in business.
By Shelley DuBois, reporter
DUPONT'S BIGGEST DEAL SINCE 1999 happened this past Sunday when the chemical company bought Danish company Danisco, which makes enzymes used for industry as MORE
Jan 10, 2011 7:16 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Danisco, DuPont, Ford, Fortune 500, GM, IBM, North American International Auto Show, Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, verizon -
Today in the Fortune 500: Goldman Sachs sees Facebook's 500 shareholder plan, Borders not yet at its final chapter and Berkshire Hathaway expands covereage for big oil.
The Fortune 500 comes out just once a year, but the companies on it make headlines every day. Here then are today's highlights of news and happenings coming from the biggest names in business.
By Shelley DuBois, reporter
FACEBOOK LIKES SHAREHOLDERS according to a document disclosing financial information that was given to a select group of Goldman Sachs (GS) employees who have the opportunity now to MORE
Jan 7, 2011 8:01 AM ET -
Today in the Fortune 500: Qualcomm bids for chipmaker Atheros Communications, other car companies pull up to GM and Ford and Wells Fargo launches a mobile phone payment trial.
The Fortune 500 comes out just once a year, but the companies on it make headlines every day. Here then are today's highlights of news and happenings coming from the biggest names in business.
By Shelley DuBois, reporter
QUALCOMM WANTS TO CASH IN ON CHIPS The tech company, which has thus far focused on wireless technology, is nearing a deal to buy MORE
Jan 5, 2011 8:22 AM ET -
2011 Ford Explorer LTD: Smooth sailing at a cost
Ford's latest Explorer leaves behind its predecessor's somewhat unsteady platform and delivers superior handling . But is the top-of-the-line LTD model really worth its $50K price tag?
The rise of online car shopping has thankfully given customers the ability to investigate exactly what vehicles a local dealer has in stock along with the window stickers for each offering.
That reduces the opportunity for the ancient bait-and-switch scam of a dealer who advertises MORE
Jan 4, 2011 1:52 PM ETPosted in: Car reviews, Ford, Ford Explorer, Ford Motor Company, MyFord Touch, Sport utility vehicle -
2011 Ford Edge: The popular crossover gets airborne
Sporting a glass cockpit with programmable touch screens, the Ford Edge offers space-age theatricality to the driving experience. But it may face some stiff internal competition when the Explorer is relaunched.
As CEO of Ford since 2006, aeronautical engineer Alan Mulally has adapted some airplane design ideas for automobiles. One of his first was standardizing the placement of controls on all Ford vehicles. You can find the windshield wiper switch in the MORE
Dec 28, 2010 3:01 PM ETPosted in: Alan Mulally, Car reviews, Ford, Ford Edge, Ford Motor Company, MyFord Touch, Sport utility vehicle -
Today in the Fortune 500: Mobile shopping ready to roll, more on big banks in crisis mode and Monsanto's sweet beet problem.
The Fortune 500 comes out just once a year, but the companies on it make headlines every day. Here then are today's highlights of news and happenings coming from the biggest names in business.
By Shelley DuBois, reporter
GET YOUR SUPER-SPECIALIZED APPS HERE Fortune 500 companies are readying mobile phone shopping apps in time for this year's holiday season. Hope Depot (HD), Best Buy Inc. (BBY), and Amazon (AMZN) have MORE
Dec 2, 2010 8:40 AM ET -
2011 Ford Explorer: Makeover for an aging star
Amid declining sales and a shifting auto market, it looked like Ford had lost faith in the Explorer, one of the company's most successful models. But Ford has given the Explorer a revise and a new lease on life, perhaps at the expense of another member of its family.
Ford doesn't do everything right. Back in the day when SUVs were the hot thing going, the Explorer was the hottest of MORE
Oct 18, 2010 1:22 PM ET -
2011 Lincoln MKS AWD: Ford needs to raise its luxury game
CEO Alan Mulally's One Ford strategy has been a big hit so far, and Ford's recovery from the 2008-2009 recession has outpaced its competitors. But Mulally has missed out on a sizeable chunk of global business this year, and that is the boom in luxury car sales.
Led by China, affluent buyers in many parts of the world are pouring back into the market, with Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi the big MORE
Aug 3, 2010 6:00 AM ET -
2011 Ford Fiesta: I wish I could like it better
The Ford Fiesta may be the best little car you never heard of.
More than 12 million Fiestas have been sold in Europe since it was introduced in 1976.
But except for a three-year run from 1978 to 1980, Fiesta has been absent from the U.S. American buyers are not known for their hospitable attitudes toward domestic small cars.
Honda Fit and Nissan Versa -- yes. Chevrolet Aveo or Dodge Neon -- no.
Now MORE
Jul 15, 2010 10:17 AM ETPosted in: Ford
