DETROIT-General Motors says its struggling European operations will run out of money to operate in the second quarter of this year unless governments across Europe provide aid. MORE
WASHINGTON-Consumer spending rose O.6 percent in January for the first time in seven months as Americans took advantage of post-holiday discounts. MORE
DEARBORN, MI-A second United Auto Workers local representing Ford Motor Co. employees has approved amendments to their national labor contract that the automaker says will save the company billions of dollars. MORE
KANSAS CITY, MI-Bryan Hansel, CEO of Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. Corp., confirmed that the company is considering building a new electric van and truck plant in Missouri. MORE
CLEVELAND, TN-Germany’s Wacker Chemie AG plans to invest $1 billion in a facility to make components for solar panels that will eventually employ about 500 people. MORE