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Bill Ford Jr. just can't let the good times roll. In late December, Ford, 53, was on a family ski vacation in Colorado but found himself unable to put aside dark visions of how too much success could lead to the next crisis for the auto industry.

General Motors and Chrysler are beginning to make some headway after getting a financial and operational overhaul compliments of the U.S. bankruptcy court.

Ford Motor reached an agreement to sell its Volvo subsidiary to a Chinese conglomerate for $1.8 billion.

Ford, the only U.S. automaker to avoid bankruptcy court, clawed its way to a $2.7 billion profit in 2009 and expects to stay in the black in 2010. It was the automaker's first annual profit in four years.

Automaker says earnings were fueled by cost cuts and Cash for Clunkers rebates.

Changes to the workers’ contract that would have allowed cuts appeared headed for certain defeat.

Ford uses the Texas State Fair to serve up its own brand of vegetable-powered pickup trucks.

Despite plummeting sales, its per-share loss is about half of what analysts had predicted. Also today, GM borrows more federal funds, and reports point to Chrysler bankruptcy.