Ford’s profitable 3rd quarter the first in four years

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Ford announced this morning that it made nearly $1 billion in the third quarter, making it Ford’s first quarter in the black in North America since 2005. Ford now says it now expects to be “solidly profitable” by 2011. For more, we talk with The New York Times’ automotive reporter, Nick Bunkley.

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