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DETROIT-American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. and the United Auto Workers union are scheduled to resume contract negotiations at noon today-the first time the two will have talked since some 3,600 UAW workers walked out of five American Axle plants Feb. 26. MORE

WASHINGTON-Orders to U.S. factories were down 2.5 percent in January as a slowing economy prompted businesses cut spending on computers and machinery. MORE

DETROIT-By forcing General Motors to shut down its factories, the ongoing American Axle & Manufacturing strike is allowing the automaker to trim excess inventory. MORE

DEESIDE, Wales-Toyota Motor Corp. plans to invest $175 million to ramp up production of a new environmentally friendly four-cylinder engine. MORE

WINDSOR, Ontario-A five-day-old strike at a TRW Automotive plant in Canada is beginning to be felt by other manufacturers in the region. MORE

DETROIT-As the Big Three continue to struggle, some analysts are wondering whether they spent too much time isolated from the world market. MORE

BIRMINGHAM, AL-Now that the Air Force has selected a supplier for its next-generation aerial refueling fleet, construction of a plant to assemble the planes could begin in as little as four months. MORE

DETROIT-The week-old United Auto Workers strike against American Axle Manufacturing Holdings Inc. has now idled five General Motors assembly plants. MORE

WASHINGTON-By choosing Europe’s EADS aircraft consortium to build its new tanker, the Air Force will actually create jobs in the United States and possibly take jobs away from some Europeans. MORE

MONTGOMERY, AL-Kia Motors Corp. has agreed to build transmissions at its new vehicle assembly in Georgia for use in vehicles assembled by Hyundai Motor Co. MORE