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...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...
...Jim Farley was moved from the Emea division to run global operations and Lincoln, and to oversee electric and driverless cars....
...The decision is the first politically contentious move by Jim Hackett, the former furniture executive who became Ford’s chief executive last month....
...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....
...Aurora, by Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, RRP£18.99/RRP$26 Another masterpiece of future-building from Robinson. A vast starship travels to colonise a distant moon....
...… Lila, by Marilynne Robinson, Virago, RRP£16.99/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, RRP$26 Having published only four novels in 35 years, “Marilynne Robinson is America’s most highly acclaimed and respected,...
...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...
...appeal is simple: apart from the universally recognisable soundtrack, it evokes a tumultuous period in US history and, at its heart, the “incredible American success story” of Gordy, who as a worker at the Lincoln-Mercury...
...Harvest , by Jim Crace, Picador, RRP£16.99/Vintage, RRP$15 A spare, haunting book that offers a peasant’s-eye view of a catastrophic week in an unnamed and remote feudal village....
...Meanwhile, Ford’s generous incentives were taking their toll on the value and prestige of its products: some of its best-known models, such as the Taurus, Crown Victoria and Lincoln Town Car, became synonymous...
...The last time a Democratic presidential nominee won the presidency with more than half the vote was in 1976 when Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford....
...Microsoft Auto, the technology group’s automotive division, will provide the technology, based on its software called Sync, on a dozen 2008 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models making their debut this year....
...The US car price war erupted again on Wednesday when Ford Motor followed cross-town rival General Motors by offering discounts of thousands of dollars on almost all its Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles...
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