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Ford posts $2.6 Billion Q2 Profit
Ford Posts $2.6B Q2 Profit !•Ford reports second quarter net income of $2.6 billion, or 61 cents per share, a $338 million improvement from second quarter 2009. Pre-tax operating profit totaled $2.9 billion, or 68 cents per share, a $3.5 billion improvement from second quarter 2009 and a $932 million improvement from first quarter 2010++ •Ford Automotive operations posted a second quarter pre-tax operating profit of $2.1 billion, a $3.2 billion improvement from second quarter 2009 and $872 million improvement from first quarter 2010 •Each Automotive business operation reported a profit for the quarter and showed improvement compared with a year ago; Ford North America reported second quarter pre-tax operating profit of $1.9 billion, a $2.8 billion improvement from second quarter 2009 and $645 million improvement from first quarter 2010 •Revenue for the quarter totaled $31.3 billion, up $4.5 billion from second quarter 2009; excluding Volvo revenue from 2009, the revenue increase was $7.4 billion, or over 30 percent++ •Ford ended the quarter with $21.9 billion of Automotive gross cash and total liquidity of $25.4 billion. Automotive operating-related cash flow was $2.6 billion positive •Ford retired $7 billion of debt, lowering annualized interest costs by more than $470 million. Ford ended the quarter with $27.3 billion in Automotive debt •Pre-tax operating profit in the first half equaled $5 billion, a $7.5 billion improvement over first half 2009++ •Ford Credit reported second quarter pre-tax operating profit of $888 million, a $242 million improvement from second quarter 2009 and a $60 million improvement from first quarter 2010 •Ford is on track to deliver solid profits in 2010 with positive Automotive operating-related cash flow, and continued improvement in 2011 •By the end of 2011, Ford expects to move from an Automotive net debt position to a net cash position http://media.ford.com/article_displa...ticle_id=32973 |
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Ford's CEO on the face of the $100 bill
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Good news!
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Great news
And Mulally is apparently a hell of a CEO. What he has been doing with Ford is amazing. |
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