Ford surpasses expectations

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The American automobile giant Ford displays results Tuesday superiors analysts' expectations for the fourth quarter and for the year, due to strong performance in North America and Asia.

The company has a quarterly cash earnings of U.S. $ 3 billion, or 74 cents per share, mainly due to non-recurring accounting gain. Excluding this gain, its quarterly earnings amounted to 31 cents per share, while analysts expected 27 cents per share.

Quarterly revenues were ahead by 3.5 percent to U.S. $ 37.6 billion.

For the year, Ford announced a profit of U.S. $ 7.2 billion or U.S. $ 1.76 per share. Except for certain non-recurring items, the company made a profit of U.S. $ 8.56 billion or $ 1.62 per share.

Its revenues for the year jumped 10 percent to U.S. $ 146.9 billion.