Bridgestone says ending Ford tire sales 'wrenching decision'

Bridgestone says ending Ford tire sales 'wrenching decision'

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe, president of Bridgestone Corp., meets the press at the company's head office in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on May 22, a day after its U.S. unit, Bridgestone/Firestone, announced it would end almost 100 years of supplying tires to Ford Motor Co.

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