![]() Orangeburg Times Democrat | Revamping and Buyouts to Cost Ford $17 Billion New York Times - By NICK BUNKLEY. DEARBORN Mich. Nov. 29 - The Ford Motor Company expects to burn through nearly half of its cash reserves or $17 billion by 2009 with most of that disappearing in the next year as 40 ... Ford Says 38000 US Factory Workers Take Buyouts (Update5) Ford buyouts exceed expectations shift focus to boosting sales |