BRUSSELS-Ford will idle its assembly plant in Belgium for five days, to conserve supplies of Japanese parts that could run low following an earthquake and tsunami. MORE
DETROIT-Since 2008, Barack Obama has consistently promoted the goal of having 1 million pulg-in electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015. But industry analysts differ sharply on whether that number is achievable. MORE
GREENVILLE, SC-General Electric Energy plans to hire about 100 machinists, welders and maintenance technicians at its assembly plant here and is holding a job information fair for candidates. MORE
PEORIA-The chief executive of Caterpillar wrote a letter to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn raising the possibility the heavy equipment company could move out of Illinois because of concerns that the direction the state is heading isn't favorable to business. MORE
CUERO, TX-IDX Corp. is investing $5.1 million in a new assembly plant to make wood and metal fixtures for retail stores. The plant will create 125 jobs. MORE