DURHAM, Ontario-The Canadian Auto Workers has reached a tentative deal with General Motors that calls for wages and pensions to be frozen until 2012. MORE
FULTON, MS-Pardon Dennis Cuneo when he scoffs at talk that Toyota plans to abandon its Blue Springs assembly plant. The former senior vice president for Toyota Motor North America said Monday the automaker will open the plant when the economy gets better. MORE
CICERO, NY-Empire State Development has approved a $600,000 grant for G.A. Braun Inc., a manufacturer of industrial equipment for the laundry and textile markets. The company will use the grant to help build a 150,000-square-foot assembly facility. MORE
WINDSOR, Ontario-An economist with the Canadian Auto Workers union says his group plans to make it worth carmakers' while to keep production in Canada rather than move it back to the United States. MORE
BMW Manufacturing Co. is considering another green source of energy for its plant. The Greer plant, which gets well over half of the energy needed to generate electricity from methane gas at a landfill nine miles away, is partnering with Gold Ring Power LLC to study using wind energy at its campus off Interstate 85 and State 101. An energy audit will gather data on wind speed and patterns at the plant site. MORE
LEXINGTON, NC-Hundreds of people have applied for 328 new jobs at ASCO Power Technologies. ASCO plans to invest $11.4 million in its Welcome, NC, plant, which assembles power switching and control products for back-up electrical systems. MORE
BEIJING-Even as it grapples with slowing growth and rising unemployment, China is continuing to push for cleaner development and may even step up efforts to tackle climate change. MORE
BEIJING-China’s Geely Holding Group Co. says it has no plans to buy assets from General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and other overseas automakers as it battles tumbling domestic demand. MORE