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...In the centre is an original copy of the US constitution, a print of the Declaration of Independence and a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln....
...But Ford, which replaced Hackett with former Europe boss Jim Farley as chief last year, has now ditched its plans to make Lincolns using the technology, and has significantly scaled back its involvement...
...While announcing the move to China, Ford also revealed a $900m investment in a Kentucky plant to build the next generation of the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs, preserving 1,000 jobs and helping...
...Jim Farley was moved from the Emea division to run global operations and Lincoln, and to oversee electric and driverless cars....
...The more connected the vehicles are, whether through entertainment systems or self-driving mechanisms of the kind revealed by Ford, Volvo and Uber this week, the more vulnerable they could become....
...Ford’s Lincoln luxury brand and Honda’s upmarket Acura brand on Tuesday set out plans to grab a bigger slice of the US luxury car market, in the latest sign that the market’s attractive returns are spurring...
...Ford’s Lincoln brand, for example, will display the production version of its Continental saloon, while Hyundai will launch its Genesis G90 luxury model....
...They come in the wake of announcements this month, from Burberry and Tom Ford, that from September the brands will sell their collections straight after their shows....
...“It makes you like Ford cars and Lincoln cars better because you’re not fumbling with your phone,” says Doug VanDagens, Ford’s director of connected services....
...News of the shake-up comes just months after Mr Farley gave up his additional responsibility for Ford's struggling luxury brand, Lincoln, which is now run by Kumar Galhotra....
...Cadillac and Ford’s Lincoln premium brand currently languish fourth and fifth respectively in even the US domestic luxury market, behind Mercedes, BMW and Lexus....
...The complexity of the questions involved is clear at one of Honda’s US assembly plants 300 miles north of Calvert in Lincoln, Alabama....
...The app will initially carry sponsorship from Sprint and Ford’s Lincoln marque....
...At one end of the yard, employees are still working on an aircraft carrier – the USS Gerald R Ford – on which work started in 2005....
...… Let Me Be Frank with You, by Richard Ford, Bloomsbury, RRP£18.99/ Ecco, RRP$27.99 In this fourth outing for Frank Bascombe, Ford’s protagonist continues to grapple with the ageing process as he deals...
...Speaking before the New York auto show, which focuses heavily on luxury cars, Jim Farley, Ford Motor’s executive vice-president for its Lincoln luxury brand, delivered a warning for carmakers about rapid...
...After all, the suit in the era of Beau Brummell was a feat of radicalism. It should be again. Thankfully, London has enough young radicals to make up for tailoring’s continued caution....
.... ——————————————- BUSINESS Creativity, Inc: Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, by Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace, Bantam, RRP£20/ Random House, RRP$28 Catmull defies...
...Most have an industry-changing idea once in a career if they are lucky — Giorgio Armani’s unstructured power suit; Tom Ford’s re-introduction of non-guilty sex; Mr Lauren’s American hagiography — and everything...
...Consumer removed its recommendation for two models equipped MyFordTouch, the Edge and the Lincoln MKX. Ford says it has since worked out the technical bugs....
...Ford’s upscale Lincoln brand was down by a fifth and Toyota’s Lexus fell 17 per cent....
...Roitfeld comes here frequently and likes the flattering lighting – “very important when you look tired” – and the Russian art, but she avoids it when the rest of the beau monde descends....
...and president of Townsend-Greenspan & Co, a consulting business that makes economic forecasts. 1967: Advises Richard Nixon before 1968 presidential election....
...The deal follows the Australian group’s purchase last year of a A$1bn motor loan portfolio from Ford, the US carmaker....
...Over the next few years manufacturers from Daimler and Audi to Ford, General Motors and Toyota plan to launch electric cars....
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