Ford is also beset by other expensive troubles vying for its shrinking revenue, such as its replacement of 13 million Firestone tires, writeoffs for e-commerce ventures and capacity-reduction costs.
Meanwhile, M.I.A.'s last album was her first without any Diplo contributions, perhaps only concidentally after she appeared with Madonna at the Super Bowl in 2012 and got into some expensive legal trouble with the NFL over a rogue middle finger, a situation that is still a big mess.
Instead, it added to the staggering cost of the road, known as the Gardez-Khost Highway, one of the most expensive and troubled transportation projects in Afghanistan.
3 30 p.m. | Updated One of the most expensive — and troubled — musicals of the Broadway fall season, "Rebecca," is once again in limbo, with producers announcing on Saturday that a major investor in the show has died and they are in protracted talks with the estate to secure the promised money.
The head of the household was put out of work by a heart problem, plus one of his sons had experienced some difficult (and presumably expensive) legal troubles.
"I always thought it would be too expensive, too much trouble or just impossible to get married in New York City," she said.
But there's a risk with these productions of the night out feeling flimsy and expensive for the trouble and money you put in to be there.
The problem is not selfish, profligate parents, but the arrogance of the private colleges that entice students with assurances that they will need to pay only what their families can afford, and then conclude that families that cannot afford their obscenely expensive rates have trouble with "discretionary choices".
Among the biggest challenges: the traditional crystalline photographic materials used to capture holographic images are expensive and have trouble covering large areas.
The major local phone companies have been sniffing around much more expensive and financially troubled global vendors such as MCI, and could have benefited from an Infonet acquisition as well.
