How could, for example, a close relative of Gerald Ford bring us a historic signed photograph of the former president, a family gift, and not know it was a copy?
Ford's US car sales totalled 2.3 million last year, 5% higher than 2011.
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The 1991 Ford Explorer reminds us of the days, not so long ago, when gas-guzzling sport-utility vehicles ruled the American road.
And one-third of the firm's revenue now comes from cars, thanks to the incorporation of its database into products since as US Ford's Sync in-car communications system.
Despite a solid performance in the US, Ford (and all of its rivals) have faced strong headwinds in Europe as that market has reeled amid the crisis over the euro.
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"It troubles us that Ford is making it easier for them and harder for its core constituency, " says Donald Russell, president of Klamath Water Users Association, a group of ranchers and farmers in Oregon.
Speculation is that it may seek to link up with US car giant Ford.
In 1976, Mr Carter unseated the incumbent Gerald Ford to become the 39th US president, serving until 1981.
This runs right against the grain of what that old-school capitalist Henry Ford envisaged for the modern US economy.
What was true for GM and Ford were true for many US companies, they have had operations all over the world for most of the 20th century.
At the time, Ford was being linked to US actress Lara Flynn Boyle - star of ABC's hit legal drama The Practice - by the tabloid magazine, the National Enquirer.
Which brings us to the Ford Motor Co.
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But as Toyota's fortunes have kept speeding ahead, US rivals GM and Ford have been struggling to keep up.
Iconic industrials like Ford, Caterpillar, Cummins and US Steel are either making new lows or sank 25 percent or more from highs made this past spring.
Ford Motor, Sirius XM Radio and US Steel are among the companies scheduled to issue earnings reports Tuesday.
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"This result was achieved in a very challenging environment, as the US market is still dominated by very high incentives, " he said at the firm's annual press conference, referring to 0% financing used by US competitors General Motors and Ford to increase sales.
The US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, was pulled from that country last month.
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Kentucky Truck, the largest auto assembly plant in the US and the home of the Ford F-Series, ran tight over the summer to keep up with demand and from the looks of it Ford dealers will still be running short on trucks.
But the US has shifted away from a Henry Ford economy to an Android economy.
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In 2007 Ford slipped from the 2nd spot in terms of US sales when it was passed by Toyota.
The credit crunch and global recession hit the car industry hard, although Ford was the only one of the big three US car firms which did not go bankrupt.
The US government will drop an investigation into the Ford Explorer requested by tyre maker Firestone over a series of fatal accidents involving the vehicle.
Ford, GM and Chrysler were caught flat-footed when US consumers began switching en masse to smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles.
Ford plans to hire 2, 200 new staff in the US this year, in response to the continuing rise in American car sales.
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It is a consortium led by US-based film producer Mike Jefferies and lawyer Stuart Ford.
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Would you address that and talk to us a little bit about your understanding of how though Ford did not seek, nor did it receive, it still was either an indirect or direct beneficiary of this intervention?
It is a blessing for Texas that the first successful Eagle Ford well was drilled in 2008, at about the same time the US economy was falling into a deep recession.
This week's announcement that Ford and Microsoft are teaming up to produce custom cars ordered through the Web got us thinking.
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