FORD: LOOK TO THE LINEUP, GUYS

摘要

Call it tossing Wall Street a bone. Ford Motor Co. said Aug. 17 that it will shed 5,000 salaried employees. The severance costs, along with other write-offs, will shave $900 million from second-half profits. The move was designed to show investors that Ford is serious about tackling its problems while buying the carmaker time to figure out its restructuring game plan. That unenviable task falls to Nick Scheele, 57, Ford's new chief of North American operations.