ATHENS, Greece-Archaeologists have discovered a 3,500-year-old clay tablet in southwestern Greece that contains writing about manufacturing output. MORE
PARIS-Growth in the Group of Seven top industrialized countries, excluding quake-hit Japan, appears to have been faster than expected in early 2011. Outside of Japan, growth in the G7 economies could rise to an annualised rate of about 3 percent in the first half of the year. MORE
SPRING HILL, TN-Hopes that the shuttered General Motors assembly plant here might soon get a new vehicle to build have been reignited by news that the United Auto Workers union plans to push for its reopening during contract talks with the carmaker this summer. MORE
DETROIT-Many U.S. car and truck buyers will have limited color choices for at least a month as crews try to fix a pigment factory that was damaged by the earthquake in Japan. MORE
OAKVILLE, ON-When a teenaged Rita Thompson took a job on the assembly line at the Ford plant here 34 years ago, she wasn’t trying to make a feminist statement. She just wanted a new Mustang convertible. MORE
SWARTHMORE, PA-Even as 33-year-old Kalpona Akter faces a potential death sentence in her home country of Bangladesh, she traveled halfway across the globe to talk about the working conditions in her homeland with the hope of creating an atmosphere of respect, dignity and a better life for her fellow citizens. MORE
DETROIT-GM put automotive journalist's skills to the test Tuesday, inviting them to work on a mock assembly line at the soon-to-reopen Orion Assembly plant and assemble as many wooden cars as possible in 20 minutes. The outcome: more than 25 quality errors, one car crash, an abundance of safety mishaps and only one shipment-ready car. MORE
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