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SPRING HILL, TN-There isn’t enough U.S. demand to justify reopening GM’s assembly plant here, officials for the carmaker said. MORE

TUCSON, AZ-B/E Aerospace is expanding its aircraft-interior assembly plant here due to rising demand. MORE

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC-More than 3,700 people applied for jobs at Boeing’s new assembly plant here Saturday. MORE

DUNCAN, SC-Logistics company Global Automotive Partners Inc. has moved into a new 200,000-square-foot facility here to serve BMW’s assembly plant in Spartanburg, SC. MORE

HATTIESBURG, MS-Stion will officially open its thin-film solar panel assembly plant here next month. The facility is expected to employ 200 in 2012. MORE

TOLEDO, OH-Chrysler is seeking a tax abatement to expand its Toledo North Assembly Plant. MORE

NEW YORK-Excluding the financial sector, companies on the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index are holding a cash pile of $1.15 trillion. U.S. companies ended 2010 with cash holdings 11.2 percent higher than in 2009. MORE

DETROIT-Johnson Controls Inc. will build a second factory to make lithium-ion batteries for electric and plug-in electric vehicles. The facility is expected to employ 300 at full capacity. MORE

NORTHUMBERLAND, ON-GM is spending $117 million to prepare its Oshawa Assembly Plant to build the new Cadillac XTS, creating or retaining 400 jobs. MORE

THUNDER BAY, ON-Some 700 Canadian workers at Bombardier Inc.’s railcar assembly plant here went on strike Wednesday. MORE