AUBURN HILLS, MI-Negotiators for Chrysler and the UAW are continuing to discuss jobs and health care, as the automaker contemplates a possible strike. MORE
AUBURN HILLS, MI-Sources say that even as Chrysler tries to drive down hourly labor costs, it is also planning more salaried job cuts than outlined in its original restructuring plan February. MORE
NAIROBI, Kenya-Jomo Kenyatta University and the Kenya College of Communications Technology are teaming up to build affordable PC's for the Africa market. MORE
SAN JOSE, CA-They've ruined missiles, silenced communications satellites and forced nuclear power plants to shut down. Now, with the ongoing conversion to lead-free, some electronics makers worry the destruction will be more widespread. MORE
DETROIT-Michigan has lost 34 percent of its auto jobs in the past 5 years, but remains the national center for the car industry, the U.S Labor Department says. MORE
INDIANAPOLIS-International Truck and Engine Corp. says the United Auto Workers union has put bargaining sessions on hold to review the company's proposals for a contract to replace the one that expired this week. MORE
WASHINGTON-New orders at factories fell a bigger-than-expected 3.3 percent in August, the largest decline since January, on big drops in aircraft and auto orders. MORE