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Ford announces it has successfully reduced debt by $9.9 billion

The Ford Motor Company has announced that it has completed more of its financial restructuring initiatives, lessening its debt by some $9.9 billion (from a starting place of $25.8 billion at the end of last year). The company says this move will lower its annual interest costs by more than $500 million. Ford and its financing arm, Ford Credit, are using 468 million shares of stock and $2.4 billion in cash to reach that figure. Other parts of the company's debt restructuring efforts include the tendering of approximately $4.3 billion in Senior ... Read more →

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Ford announces it has successfully reduced debt by $9.9 billion 8 months ago on Autoblog

The Ford Motor Company has announced that it has completed more of its financial restructuring initiatives, lessening its debt by some $9.9 billion (from a starting place of $25.8 billion at the end of last year). The company says this move will lower its annual interest costs by more than $500 ...

Does Washington's GMAC bailout hurt Ford? 11 months ago on Autoblog

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Ford, Toyota adopt Netflix technology for bill paying 1 year ago on Autoblog

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Ford to sell $500m in new stock 1 year ago on Autoblog

In an effort to secure more capital and reduce debt, Ford plans to sell $500m in new stock. Ford will use the cash infusion to buy bonds from Ford Motor Credit, which has been struggling with the slow economy and nation-wide credit crunch. Goldman Sachs is handling the stock sale, and Ford has given ...

More leasing woes: Ford Credit takes big hit on trucks and SUVs 1 year ago on Autoblog

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Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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