	ford f shares rise on higher ing estimate ford motor co s stock rose to after analyst maryann keller of furman selz mager dietz and birney raised ings estimates on the company traders said keller said that she expects the company s ings to rise to between to dlrs a share as compared to dlrs a share ed last year she said ford s already good market share is expected to remain favorable and ings from overseas are expected to improve in addition keller said the company is selling more of its expensive model cars which are more profitable the non automotive operations including ford motor credit are also expected to post improved ings this year keller said she expects the company to split its stock and raise its dividend to at least three dlrs a share this year she noted that chrysler corp s c announcement of a merger proposal for american motors corp amo should have no short term effect on ford but could cut into ford s share of the truck market in the long term reuter 
