Ford announces first-quarter earnings of $2.1 billion

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In another sign that Ford was recovering from a deep downturn, Tuesday it reported that it earned $2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2010. The company was helped by a strong turnaround in its North American auto operations, which had an operating profit of almost $1.3 billion compared to a loss of nearly $665 million a year earlier.

Through the first quarter of this year, Ford's F-series pickup truck was the best-selling vehicle in America [yet again] and the only auto to cross the 100,000 sales barrier (103,359) year to date...

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