DEARBORN (dpa-AFX) - Ford Motor Co. (F) posted fourth-quarter net income attributable to the company of $13.62 billion or $3.40 per share versus $190 million or $0.05 per share last year, positively affected by one-time special items. The company noted that the quarterly results included the favorable impact related to releasing $12.4 billion of the valuation allowance. Fourth-quarter net income was also affected by a favorable special item of $401 million related to the sale of Ford's Russian operations to the newly created FordSollers joint venture, which began operations on October 1, 2011. Quarterly revenues climbed to $34.6 billion from $32.5 billion in the prior year. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to earn $0.25 per share on revenues of $32.09 billion for the quarter. Anlaysts' estimates typically exclude special items.
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