LEXINGTON, KY-Kentucky has enjoyed a slight gain in manufacturing jobs through the first nine months of 2011, compared with the same period in 2010. MORE
PEORIA-Caterpillar Inc. plans to move production of small tractors and mini hydraulic excavators from Japan to a new factory it will build in North America. MORE
SEOUL, South Korea-Hyundai is considering building another plant in the U.S. to meet rising demand for the company’s vehicles, its top U.S. executive said Friday. MORE
WASHINGTON-A Chevrolet Volt that caught fire three weeks after its lithium-ion battery was damaged in a government crash test has regulators taking a harder look at the safety of electric car batteries. MORE
WASHINGTON-Lawyers for the federal labor agency fighting Boeing’s new factory in North Charleston, SC, repeatedly joked among themselves about the dispute and exchanged a political cartoon portraying South Carolina Sen. Glenn McConnell as a crass-speaking confederate soldier. MORE
POST FALLS, ID-Ground Force Manufacturing, which makes equipment for mining companies, has begun construction of a new 85,000-square-foot assembly plant here. When finished, the plant will provide 200 new jobs. MORE
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