JANUARY 11, 2002
Ford to announce big cuts today
All three of the big US automobile giants: Ford, General Motors and DaimlerChrysler are cutting jobs at the moment but of the three only General Motors is making a profit.
It is widely believed that the latest cuts are only the start of an even more ruthless pruning which some analysts feel could wipe out 30,000 more jobs.
But as Ford suffers GM is doing better than expected with the company announcing better than expected figures and, perhaps more significantly, registering its first gain in market share in the US for over 10 years. The company's chief executive Richard Wagoner is continuing to look at ways of increasing GM's market share around the world. Having worked for GM in Europe and in Latin America he has much more international attitude than many of his predecessors.