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The nation's second-largest automaker reported a healthy year-over-year sales increase that was led by strong demand for the Edge crossover and the F-Series pickups. Overall, Ford enjoyed its best month of retail sales in 2010.

Riding high on improved demand for its vehicles, analysts expect Ford to post a record third-quarter profit of $1.37 billion tomorrow. The automaker's current third-quarter earnings record is $1.13 billion, set in 1997.

It's official. Ford has begun winding down its long-lived Mercury brand, ending production of the Mountaineer sports-utility vehicle Friday. In June, Ford announced its intention to shutter the 71-year-old nameplate as part of a plan to devote more resources to its Lincoln and Ford brands.

With 11.1 million people out of work, it makes sense that some would either return to college or find a technical school to learn new job skills. CampusExplorer.com, a Web site that helps people search for schools, is seeing some of that market as more people look to retool their careers. In...