WASHINGTON-Northrop Grumman CEO Ronald Sugar says his company plans to build four factories in the United States to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force. MORE
CHICAGO-Analysts say there may be some merit to Boeing’s complaints that Northrop Grumman and the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. were unfairly awarded a contract to build the Air Force’s new aerial refueling planes. MORE
DETROIT-The two sides are talking by phone instead of face-to-face, a bad sign in the two-week-old dispute between American Axle and the United Auto Workers. MORE
NEW DEHLI, India-India's industrial production growth unexpectedly slowed in January as high interest rates curbed demand for cars and other consumer goods. MORE
DETROIT-United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger says auto supplier American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. has chosen to "dictate" terms rather than negotiate in good faith as the two sides try to settle a two-week-old strike. MORE
FRANKFURT, Germany-According to a recent report, General Motors plans to cut 3,000 to 5,600 jobs at its Opel plants in Europe in a drive to improve profitability and streamline production. MORE
CHICAGO-The Boeing Co. is filing a formal protest asking the Government Accountability Office to review the decision by the U.S. Air Force to have Northrop Grumman and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. to replace its aerial refueling tanker fleet. MORE