Mercury
Mercury is an automobile marque of the Ford Motor Company founded in 1939 by Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, to market entry-level-luxury cars slotted between Ford-branded regular models and Lincoln-branded luxury vehicles, similar to General Motors' Buick (and former Oldsmobile) brand and Chrysler's Chrysler brand. Today, all Mercury models are based on Ford platforms. The name “Mercury” is derived from the “messenger of the gods” of Roman mythology, and during its early years, the Mercury brand was known for performance, which was briefly revived in 2003 with the Mercury Marauder. The Mercury brand is used in the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Middle East. In 1999 the Mercury brand was dropped in Canada, although the Grand Marquis was still marketed there wearing a Mercury badge through 2007. More about Mercury from Wikipedia »
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Who to watch in private space taxi field
…BASICS: An interesting pairing. Boeing is one of the oldest companies in aerospace with corporate history going back to Mercury missions. Bigelow is a pioneer in the private space business that is developing a commercial space station/hotel. Boeing has its…
Former CA swim coach gets 40 years for molestation
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A former San Jose swim coach who pleaded no contest to 20 child molestation charges has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.
Former San Jose swim coach sentenced
…records of allegations of King's abuse of girls date back to 1978.___Information from: San Jose Mercury News, http://www.sjmercury.com___January 30, 2010 02:41 AM EST Copyright 2010, The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,…
Some worry about growing cruise industry in SC
…Beginning this spring, Carnival Cruise Lines will base its 2,056-passenger Carnival Fantasy in Charleston.On Monday, the Celebrity Mercury, which carries more than 1,800 passengers, made a port call in the city on its way to Key West. Fla.Ports Authority CEO…
MediaNews parent files for Chapter 11 protection
…holding company for newspaper publisher MediaNews Group is filing for Chapter 11 protection.The owner of The Denver Post, San Jose Mercury News and 52 other daily newspapers had said Jan. 15 it would be making the move. It said it had a deal with creditors…
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Ford Drives Consumer Interest in All-New Taurus with Mobile Posse
…continents. With about 200,000 employees and about 90 plants worldwide, the company's automotive brands include Ford, Lincoln, Mercury and Volvo. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford's…
Today's calendar
…The topic up for discussion will be Chocolate. Read to Succeed tutor training begins: 6 to 9 p.m., Patterson Park, 521 Mercury Blvd. Training continues Feb. 9, 16 and 23 for a total of 12 hours of training required before volunteers can work with adult learners….
Apple iPad's A4 chip attracts attention
…what we have seen so far, Apple’s product seems to stack up evenly with the competition,” said Dean McCarron, a chip analyst with Mercury Research. “Clearly, Apple is using their own metric for whatever ‘best’ is.” The report notes the general consensus that…
Ford Drives Consumer Interest in All-New Taurus with Mobile Posse
…six continents. With about 200,000 employees and about 90 plants worldwide, the company's automotive brands include Ford, Lincoln, Mercury and Volvo. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding…
Tories can't stop spinning about “police numbers”
…the form of letters to their local papers. Gareth Bacon (Southwark News), Tony Arbour (Surrey Comet) and Richard Tracey (Greenwich Mercury) have each put their names to correspondence this year whose remarkably similar wording invites the shocking suspicion…
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The plan right now is (to develop) Ford, Lincoln and Mercury—Alan R Mulally, Leftlane
Given the economic timing of this, it's a pretty significant story that we're retaining them
There really wasn't a playbook for what happened
go down no matter how long I'm in this job as one of the most significant things that took place on my watch.
We probably faced our biggest challenges and things I'm most proud of in the last two years
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