Business Buzz GM's global chief marketing officer, Joel Ewanick, reported Ford's takedown request via Twitter on Super Bowl Sunday. (h/t @NYCAviation)
Culture Buzz Artist Eric Knapp does delightful line drawings of U.S. presidents paired with sassy salutations. This needs to be on currency.
Celebrity Buzz How romantic. Glad he's not riding Solo. I just threw up on myself out of shame. (via thesuperficial.com)
Ford's male models take off their shirts to Drop It Like It’s Hot. That is all.
Politics Buzz Barack Obama refuses to “spike the football,” so we'll do it for him. This list is in no particular order and by no means comprehensive. Achievement unlocked: Reelection.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10990127/ford-what-analyst...
Following the 13% drop in Ford's stock, some analysts are dialing back estimates.
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Ford has generously offered to make a donation to Mashable's Summer of Social Good Charity Fund. 50 of their Ford Fiesta Movement Agents will be donating $2 per retweet for this post up to 3,000 retweets.
Business Buzz Ford Motors has announced plans to develop self-parking cars by 2010. Do they not have a PR department or something to tell them “Hey, now is probably not the time to announce the stupidest car idea (that already exists) since the Pinto” ? Or is GMAC not on the phone yelling “You're gonna ruin this for all of us” ? Except not, because Congress will never stop throwing money at stupid, failing businesses. Capitalism!
The newest offering from the Big Three: The all-new, 2009 Bailout. At just $25 billion, it's automatically next year's bestseller.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_37/b40990...
“We know it's an awesome vehicle,” says Ford America President Mark Fields. “But there are business reasons why we can't sell it in the U.S.”
Tech Buzz American car maker Ford Motor has finally created a fuel efficient car that will get a whopping 65 mpg. Oh just one thing…they’re only selling it in Europe. The main reason is because it runs on diesel fuel which is not a popular fuel source in the US. Ford is claiming they also can’t sell it in the states for “business reasons”. Hmm, the old “it’s not personal, it’s business” line. Look Ford, our cars may run on gasoline, but they don’t run on b.s.