Ford: An Iconic American Company

Ford Motor Co of Canada was the top-selling automaker in Canada for the third year in a row in 2012 but Chrysler, boosted by demand for its fuel-efficient passenger cars, knocked General Motors from the No. 2 perch. Ford said on Thursday it sold 276,068 vehicles in Canada last year, just 90 more than it sold in 2011. Its popular line-up of F-Series trucks made up more than 100,000 of the sales. In December, however, Ford’s vehicle sales slipped 13% to 16,874.

By Ian Wyatt: By Chris Preston After a five-year hiatus, Ford Motor Co. (F) is reinstating its dividends. The nation’s No. 2 automaker announced that it will begin paying dividends to investors for the first time since September 2006 starting on March 1. Not surprisingly, the dividend payments will be modest to start, at five cents a share.

By Insider Monkey: By Matt Doiron

When Barack Obama was running for President—as opposed to, you know, being President—he criticized the Bush administration for not having a clear exit strategy in Iraq. It isn't too early for the new President and his advisers to start asking themselves that same question about Detroit.

TORONTO (Reuters) - General Motors Co said on Tuesday its Canadian vehicle sales jumped 8

Looking at forward earnings estimates, buy recommendations, and numerous explanations once again as to why "stocks are cheap" I am left wondering (to paraphrase Barbara Streisand) "Can it be that it is all so simple now? Or has time repeated every lie?"