Alan Mulally

Sheryl Sandberg left her job as vice president of global sales and operations at Google (parent company, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)) to join Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and serve as its chief operating officer in 2008. But perhaps more important, her job at Facebook provided the...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) made an interesting announcement this week: It is bringing a veteran automotive and aerospace industry executive on to its board of directors.   Alan Mulally was CEO of Ford (NYSE: F) from 2006 until just weeks ago. He was also a top executive at...

U.S. stocks declined as the recent round of violence in Iraq may have escalated following reports that Syrian warplanes conducted raids in western Iraq, killing at least 50 people. The CBOE Volatility Index, also referred to as the "fear index", rose more than ten percent, trading...

U.S. stocks were higher on Friday, marking the third consecutive week of gains. Investors cheered May's job report which showed a slow and steady improvement in the labor market. Continuing the trend set in recent trading sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 index...

US nonfarm payrolls data, due out later on Friday, is expected to show that US employers added 210,000 jobs in April, a huge jump from March’s addition of just 192,000 jobs. If the data falls in line with expectations, it will mark the country’s fastest hiring pace in more than four months....

U.S. stocks were little moved to start off the month of May as investors and traders are cautious before April's nonfarm payrolls report are released on Friday. The consensus estimate for Friday's figure stands at 215,000 which would trump March's 192,000 number. “This is a really important...

A changing of the guard at Ford (NYSE: F). On Thursday, the auto-maker announced Alan Mulally will step down as CEO on July 1, about six months earlier than anticipated – and will be replaced in that position by Ford COO Mark Fields. Mulally, a former top executive at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has...

Ford (NYSE: F), which this week announced who will replace departing CEO Alan Mulally, is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2014 results Friday, April 25, before the markets open. Investors will be looking for continued strength in North America, Ford's biggest market, but also in China,...

U.S. stocks rose as investors felt that earnings season is positive enough so far to reverse weakness the markets have seen in recent weeks. "Investors were braced for poor results, and at least so far, the numbers have been better than feared. We'll have a little more information to act on...

Ford Motor (NYSE: F) has named Mark Fields as successor to its current CEO Alan Mulally. Ford will announce Mulally's departure date as soon as May 1. Fields, 53, is the current Chief Operating Officer for Ford and was largely responsible for the automaker's "The Way Forward" restructuring plan...

A couple of mainstays, coupled with some not-so-everyday names. Glassdoor, a jobs and career community, has released its annual report of the highest-rated CEOs for 2014. The list is determined by employee feedback shared over the last year. Employees voluntarily and anonymously provided...

This weekend in Barron's online: how to fix Detroit, an ETF special report, the annual ranking of online brokers, as well as the prospects for Matson. Cover Story "How to Fix Detroit" by Jonathan R. Laing. Though it will cost bondholders dearly, Motown has a shot at a second chance, says this...

The last surviving grandchild of Henry Ford and owner of the Detroit Lions passed away on Sunday morning. He was 88 years old. Fox 2 Detroit sports anchor Jennifer Hammond first reported his death. Tom Lewand, Lions President, confirmed with a statement shortly after. "No owner loved his team more...

At the North American Auto Show in January 2007, Ford Motors (NYSE: F) president and CEO Alan Mulally along with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Chairman Bill Gates announced their Sync partnership. Ford would implement Microsoft technology that allows the driver and passengers in Ford automobiles to make...