<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060123/bs_nm/autos_ford_earns_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/afp/20060123/capt.sge.dff17.230106144339.photo01.photo.default-250x178.jpg?x=130&amp;y=92&amp;sig=4BOAeY7oH6.8pZ4 qo5qCsA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Ford Motor Co. reported higher fourth quarter earnings but a slump in full-year profit, as it prepared to announce massive job cuts and plant closures(Ford Motor Co.)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Ford Motor Co. on Monday posted a
higher-than-expected 19 percent increase in earnings, boosted
by strength in its finance arm and the sale of its Hertz Corp.
rental car unit, even as its core automotive division lost
money.</p><br clear=all>

View the entire article: Ford 4th-qtr profit up 19 pct, auto losses shrink (Reuters)