FLAT ROCK, MI—Ford Motor Co. plans to invest more than $500 milion in its assembly plant here to build next-generation models of the Fusion and Mustang.
NEW YORK MILLS, MN—Lund Boat and its parent company, Brunswick Corp., have agreed to pay $295,000 in back wages and interest to 185 female job applicants who were denied entry-level positions at Lund’s assembly plant here.
INDIANAPOLIS—Crosspoint Solutions plans to hire up to 75 people to work at its new assembly plant here. The company makes battery-powered auxiliary power units for trucks.
PEORIA, IL—Midwestern contract manufacturer Advanced Technology Services finds that U.S. military veterans can ably fill its urgent need for skilled workers.
LEXINGTON, NE—Agricultural and industrial equipment company Orthman Manufacturing Inc. has broken ground on a new assembly plant here that will create 100 jobs.
DETROIT—Big pickups carried U.S. auto sales to their highest level in three years. Demand for full-size pickups jumped 16 percent in August, helping to make it the strongest sales month since August 2009. Overall auto sales increased 20 percent from a year earlier to nearly 1.3 million units.
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