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...The house was previously owned by Henry Ford II, former head of the eponymous carmaker and grandson of its founder, and his wife Kathleen DuRoss Ford....
...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...
...She worked at Jennison for almost two decades, during which she married Robert Remington Wood and they had three children....
...Ford wants to be number one in electric vehicles Ford wants to become the world’s largest electric-car maker, overtaking industry leader Tesla and larger rivals including Volkswagen....
...“Lex is nothing if not ambitious,” General Atlantic’s chief executive Bill Ford told the Wall Street Journal at the time of the deal, which propelled Greensill Capital’s valuation past the $1.6bn mark....
...Ford expects a $5bn hit in the second quarter from the outbreak, as the US carmaker delayed a number of key product launches and scrapped a project between its Lincoln brand and electric start-up Rivian...
...One thing to start: Brooks Brothers, the centuries-old purveyor of American business wear whose suits were sported by presidents including Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy, is to file for bankruptcy protection...
...(FT) News round-up Ford borrows $15.4bn to manage plant shutdown (FT) Hedge fund Millennium shuts several ‘trading pods’ over virus turmoil (FT) Private equity/Bill Ackman: a spring break for Blackstone...
...The company said it will add 550 jobs to its Kentucky truck plant, and shift about the same number of workers from a nearby plant, to expand production of the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator by 20...
...While both the Russian government and the plutocrat Robert Mercer, part owner of the now defunct Cambridge Analytica and donor to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, learnt how to massage the complex secretive...
...Planners such as New York’s Robert Moses believed it was the future, and their vision shapes the US today....
...Notorious: presidents that have faced the music Andrew Johnson, 1868 The 17th US president served from 1865 to 1869 following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln....
...“Cars were invented in the late 1800s, but it wasn’t until Ford’s Model T that they took off. And it was because of cost,” he says....
...Mr Fields is generally as smooth as the leather in one of Ford’s Lincoln Continentals....
...Mark Fields, chief executive of Ford, Lincoln’s parent, presented the Navigator as the latest step in the company’s efforts to revive the moribund Lincoln brand to bring Ford into the more profitable luxury...
...“We saw a solid industry last month and a strong month for Ford,” said Mark LaNeve, Ford’s head of US sales....
...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...
...Between Them: Remembering My Parents, by Richard Ford, Bloomsbury, RRP£12.99/Ecco, RRP$25.99 A memoir by the author of The Sportswriter....
...Lincoln’s counterpart to the XT5 — the MKC, introduced last year — has been one of the few clear successes of Ford’s effort to revive Lincoln....
...Ford announced a 13.6 per cent rise in SUV sales for its Ford and Lincoln brands and a 13 per cent rise for pickups....
...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....
...Ford’s Lincoln brand, for example, will display the production version of its Continental saloon, while Hyundai will launch its Genesis G90 luxury model....
...Bill Clinton asked Hillary to run a healthcare task force, while John F Kennedy made his brother Robert attorney-general....
...Ford launched a revamped version of its Lincoln luxury brand’s MKZ sedan, while General Motors’ Buick brand unveiled an entirely new version of its flagship LaCrosse large sedan....
...From Hamilton’s infant industries to Abraham Lincoln’s Homestead Act, the federal government played a guiding role in the American success....
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