Ford's Stealthy Success
Allan Dodds Frank is a business investigative correspondent who specializes in white collar crime. He also is President of the Overseas Press Club of America, one of the many journalism organizations that protests the arrests of journalists abroad and repression of freedom of speech.
Alan Mulally, CEO of the only American automaker not driving in reverse, talks to Allan Dodds Frank about when his company will turn a profit, the new Ford line, and driving to Washington.
Ford's Stealth Genius
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
Why is the car maker's profit way up while Boeing is caught in a quagmire with its new 787? A genius named Alan Mulally.
Is Boeing's New Plane Safe?
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
Today's announcement that Boeing postponed the first flight of its 787 Dreamliner has taken a toll on the company's stock, says Clive Irving, who raises questions about its untried technical innovations.
3 Things Ford Can Teach the Rest of Detroit
John P. Avlon writes a column for The Daily Beast and is author of the forthcoming Attack of the Wingnuts, to be published in January by Beast Books. He is also the author of Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics. Previously, he served as chief speechwriter for New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and was a columnist and associate editor for The New York Sun.
While General Motors and Chrysler soak taxpayers for billions of dollars, the other member of the not-so-Big Three, Ford, provides an instructive lesson in leadership.
General Motors needs cash urgently or it will go bust by Christmas. And the other two auto giants are in similar straits. But some argue that giving them what they want will only open the door to more pleas from strapped insurance companies, pension plans and states just for starters.
What They're Driving
Bradley Berman is the editor of HybridCars.com and writes about hybrids for BusinessWeek, The New York Times, and other publications.
The models each of the Big Three CEOs are cruising into Washington speaks volumes about whether they deserve a taxpayer bailout.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
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