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CHICAGO-Boeing has asked a federal judge to block public access to “proprietary information” during hearings about the plane-maker’s new nonunion 787 assembly plant. MORE

CHATHAM, ON-Increasing demand for heavy trucks in 2012 could force Navistar to reopen its shuttered assembly plant here. MORE

DETROIT-GM engineers Daniel Cohen and Cheryl Hajciar know more about keeping hindquarters happy than a good masseuse. Cohen and Hajciar are tasked with ensuring that customers of all shapes and sizes get maximum comfort when sitting in the all-new 2013 Chevrolet Malibu. MORE

DES MOINES, IA-A federal judge has ruled that Whirlpool can change benefits for about 3,000 people who had retired from Maytag. MORE

TUSCALOOSA, AL-Daimler will spend more than $2 billion to boost production at its Mercedes-Benz assembly plant here. MORE

DETROIT-One big target for the Big Three in contract talks beginning this week with the UAW will be the $1.54 billion they collectively spent last year on healthcare for union members and their families. MORE

SPARTANBURG, SC-BMW Manufacturing has begun a project to convert landfill gas into hydrogen to fuel the company’s fleet of material handling equipment. MORE

WASHINGTON-Equipment leasing and finance activity totaled $7.3 billion for June, up 33 percent compared with June 2010, according to the latest figures from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. MORE

DECHERD, TN-Nissan will start producing the electric motor for the Nissan LEAF at its powertrain assembly plant here in early 2013. The new assembly line will create up to 90 new jobs. MORE

EL SEGUNDO, CA-The world’s first big rig powered by electricity generated from hydrogen fuel cells rolled out of an assembly plant here on Friday. MORE