Friday, February 15, 2008 Ford revives Fiesta Firm tosses out ‘Verve’ to use ’70s nameplate for new subcompact Christine Tierney / The Detroit News What’s in a name? That was the big question as Ford Motor Co. executives debated what to call the stylish new subcompact they will start rolling out later this year. Ford [...]

Friday, February 15, 2008 Ford pitches buyouts hard Workers told it’s their last chance for deal Bryce G. Hoffman / The Detroit News Ford Motor Co. is launching an unprecedented marketing campaign to sell as many workers as possible on the latest — and, it says, last — round of nationwide buyouts. The Dearborn automaker [...]

Gettelfinger wary about using pension funds to help Delphi Gettelfinger also addresses GM buyouts, Plastech bankruptcy   David Barkholz Automotive News | February 14, 2008 – 12:16 pm EST   DETROIT — UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said today that he would be "very cautious" about allowing worker pension fund money to be used by Delphi [...]