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Ford Pledges Major Assets in Financing Ford mortgaged nearly all its domestic assets to raise $18 billion to pay for several more years of restructuring.

Investing: The Autumn Rally Has Left Few Industries in the Dust Many strategists predict domestic stocks are still a better buy, on average, than domestic real estate or bonds.

Microsoft Gives Europe Antitrust Documents On Thursday, Microsoft met the latest deadline to provide information on whether it is complying with a 2004 antitrust ruling.

Lear and W. L. Ross Plan a Joint Venture The Lear Corporation, a supplier of automobile parts, said yesterday that it had a nonbinding agreement in principle to contribute its North American auto interiors business to a joint venture with the financier Wilbur L. Ross.

Coming Up, Transition at 30 Rock Imagining NBC Universal without Bob Wright.

Yum Brands Reshuffle Yum Brands said it had named new presidents for its Taco Bell and Pizza Hut businesses to increase sales and profit growth.

Advertising: The Mets New Marquee Name Experts question whether New York baseball fans, famous for their feisty opinions, will welcome the newly named Citi Field or spurn it.

Market Week: An Eye on the Fed, and on Philadelphia An exceptionally strong jobs report on Nov. 3 has left investors unsure which way the Federal Reserve will move next.

S.E.C. Is Seeking to Help Small Companies on Audits Regulators are hoping to ease the burden on small companies by addressing the focus and cost of audits of internal controls.

In French Advertising, a Ruthless Hunt for Talent A round of musical chairs that is reshaping the upper ranks of the French advertising world has continued after a recent wave of executive changes.