PROFILE OF THE WEEK

Ford Motor Co. hired BMW of North America President Victor Doolan to be executive director of North American marketing and distribution strategy, a new post at Ford's Premier Automotive Group (Lincoln, Jaguar, Volvo and Aston Martin). Ford said Volvo, acquired in March, is on track for a record sales year and that Lincoln in June posted its best sales month since December 1990. Jaguar sales in June were more than double its June 1998 performance. In trading