Ford CEO Alan Mulally's Exclusive Interview With Seeking Alpha

By Brian Nichols:Being bullish on the auto industry can be frustrating at times. I have often pointed out the various key developments for the industry that insinuate growth, and I am almost always surprised when the industry trades lower. The auto industry consists of volatile stocks that have the ability to trade with significant loss or large gains in a short period of time.

Christopher J. Hawkins submits: Born August 4, 1945, Alan Mulally grew up in his mother's hometown of Lawrence, Kansas, where he was a member of the Plymouth Congregational Church. He considered Rev.

Ford Motor Company (F) 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Conference Call May 9, 2013 8:30 am ET Executives William Clay Ford, Jr. – Executive Chairman Alan Mulally – President and Chief Executive Officer Bradley Gayton – Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel David G. Leitch – Group Vice President and General Counsel Robert L. Shanks – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

TheCarConnection.com submits: Not so very long ago, CEO Alan Mulally said that Ford (F) wouldn't be "solidly profitable" until 2011, but investors will be happy to learn that the company just posted a profit from the fourth quarter

By Joseph Poma:Having a product that the market desires, such as Apple's iPhone, makes being the CEO of the company a little easier. You won't have bond holders breathing down your next for their next payment, nor will you have stockholders becoming unruly because share prices are stagnant or even worse plummeting. But this article isn't about the comforts of CEO's running high flying tech companies or cash hoarding behemoths paying juicy dividends.