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Ford Ordered to Pay Bankrupt Dealer: A jury ruled that the auto maker must pay $10.5 million in damages for failing to provide a bankrupt Ford dealership with enough support under an incentive program for minority-owned businesses. Ford plans to appeal the verdict, delivered by a jury in Hayneville, Ala. Sam Foster, who is black, and Dee-Witt Sperau, who is white, were awarded a Ford dealership in Selma, Ala., under the incentive program in 1988 and claimed they were forced into bankruptcy in 1991 because of a lack of support from Ford. Ford argued that the River City Ford dealership in Selma, Ala., failed because the partners spent the business’ money on personal expenses. The partners denied any wasteful spending.