Rating agency Moody’s Investors Service changed 3M Company’s (MMM) outlook to negative from stable due to expectations of higher leverage needs and weaker earnings for this year.Moody’s reaffirmed 3M’s A1 senior unsecured debt rating. The rating agency expects the company’s revenue and margins to decline...

Ford's initial goal is to produce 1,000 units per month, which will go to health care workers and first responders....

Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has changed the outlook for 3M Company ("3M") to negative from stable and affirmed all ratings for the company, including 3M's A1 senior unsecured debt rating and Prime-1 short-term rating. "After several years of raising debt to support a more aggressive shareholder return policy and acquisitions, near-term weakness and heightened uncertainty in most of 3M's end markets now cast doubt on the company's ability to keep leverage at levels commensurate with our prior expectations when 3M undertook the 2019 Acelity acquisition" says David Berge, Moody's Senior Vice President and lead analyst for the company....

Today, 3M Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mike Roman delivered the following letter to William Barr, attorney general of the United States; Larry Hogan, governor of Maryland and chair of the National Governors Association; and Tim Fox, attorney general of Montana and president of the National Association...

The World Health Organization on Tuesday warns the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating and will get worse, as “astronomical” rates of new cases raised alarms for the U.S....

The partnership could increase 3M's manufacturing capabilities tenfold by using Ford's Michigan manufacturing plants....

Can fans used to keep the seats of a pick up truck cool be repurposed to create more efficient medical ventilators? Can portable auto battery packs result in longer-lasting mobile medical equipment? In a joint briefing this morning (March 24), Ford, GE, and 3M announced that they’re combining resources and expertise to respond to a dire need for ventilators, respirators, and medical protective equipment as coronavirus spreads across the US....

Jim Baumbick Vice President, Enterprise Product Line Management, Ford Motor Company, joins the On The Move panel to discuss what the automotive industry is doing to help with the production of ventilators....

The auto maker will collaborate with General Electric on what it calls a simplified version of a ventilator manufactured by GE Healthcare....

Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it was working with General Electric's healthcare unit and 3M Co to speed up production of ventilators for patients and respirators for healthcare workers during the coronavirus outbreak. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that U.S. automakers General Motors...