FORD EARNS $6.6 BILLION BEFORE CHARGES IN
1998, UP 10 PERCENT
Momentum Continues with 11th Consecutive
Quarter of Improved Operating Earnings
DEARBORN, January 21, 1999 -- Ford Motor
Company [NYSE: F] earned $5,939 million in 1998, or $4.72 per diluted
common and Class B share, excluding earnings
from TheAssociates [NYSE: AFS] and the gain that resulted from Ford's
spin-off of that company. Excluding these
and other one-time factors, Ford's operating earnings were $6,570 million,
up $582
million, or 10 percent on a comparable basis;
earnings per share were $5.30 per share, up $0.44 per share.
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