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Federal safety regulators are investigating complaints that accelerators can stick in Ford Tauruses from model years 2005 and 2006. The investigation, opened Wednesday, covers an estimated 360,000 of the sedans. The probe could lead to a recall, but so far none has been ordered by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a federal safety agency.

Sales at Ford Motor rose 24% in November compared to a year ago as demand surged for a wide range of the company's products, the automaker said Wednesday. For the month, Ford said it moved 147,338 vehicles off dealers' lots, up from 118,536 in November 2009.

The U.S. automaker reported a $1.7 billion profit on strong demand for its revamped line of products, despite a lackluster economy. Continued growth at its Ford Credit finance unit also helped push profits higher.

After trailing Asian automakers for more than two decades, U.S. car companies, led by Ford Motor and General Motors, raced ahead of their foreign competition in the latest J.D. Power Initial Quality Study of new vehicles.

In the hectic days that led up to Bank of America's (BAC) shotgun wedding with Merrill Lynch last year, lots of mistakes were made. Not the least of those was the nondisclosure of $3.6 billion paid in bonuses to Merrill executives prior to the $29 billion deal's closing, which has led to both...

This post is part of our series on people, places and things that have found new life in 2008. It's no secret that the automotive manufacturing industry has experienced some tough times as of late. Detroit's big three have all had to deal with some measurably crushing blows. When times get tough...

As the proud owner of a 1999 Ford Taurus, which has served me and my family well all these years (I made my husband promise we would trade it in the first time it breaks down, but it never has), I always check the Ford recall news items. It seems like there is one every other month. Today brings...