WASHINGTON-The economy generated a net gain in jobs for the first time in five months in October, as businesses stepped up their painfully slow pace of hiring. The Labor Department said Friday its survey of employers showed a net gain of 151,000 jobs last month, the first increase since May. MORE
SAVANNAH, GA-Of the 2,000 skid steers and compact track loaders JCB expects to produce next year at its assembly plant here, some 800 will be designated for export. MORE
ANN ARBOR, MI-North American robotics companies reported strong gains in the first nine months of 2010, according to the Robotic Industries Association. A total of 9,628 robots valued at $618.4 million were ordered through September, a gain of 34 percent in units and 45 percent in dollars over the same period in 2009. MORE
MURFREESBORO, TN-NHK Seating of America Inc. broke ground here Thursday for a $54 million assembly plant that is expected to employ some 224 workers. MORE
WINDSOR, ON-Negotiations will resume Thursday morning to try to avoid a strike at a key supplier to Chrysler’s assembly plant here. Almost 700 workers at the Integram Seating plant in Lakeshore, N, said they are set to go on strike at midnight Sunday if a contract deal isn’t reached.
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MUNCIE, IN-Progress Rail Services, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., will locate a $50 million locomotive manufacturing facility here, creating up to 650 jobs by 2012. MORE
MIAMI, OK-Fumes from abandoned fiberglass materials ignited a fire at Tracker Marine’s boat assembly plant here Monday, causing $30,000 in damages. MORE
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