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Ford Sustainability Report details pilot program in South Africa to deliver health care, education

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A new Ford Motor Company pilot program aims to enhance mobility health services in rural areas of South Africa and Nigeria. The services will be accessed using enhanced mobility and connectivity technologies from Ford vehicles. —Bill Ford, executive chairman. Mobility and electrification. Earlier post.).

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Increase in US rig count will not cap oil prices

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Besides massive futures trading, the other factors affecting WTI include the value of the US dollar (it rises and WTI falls), OPEC production, world oil demand, North American and US storage, Iranian crude embargoes, and periodic and unplanned supply disruptions from everywhere from Libya to Nigeria to Fort McMurray. on February 11.