MILWAUKEE-Helios USA, a start-up solar panel manufacturer, expects to have a 40,000-square-foot manufacturing facility operating here by mid 2010. MORE
WASHINGTON-Home resales surged last month to the highest level in nearly three years, reflecting an extraordinary level of federal support that has pulled the housing market back from the worst downturn since the Great Depression. MORE
AUBURN HILLS, MI-Chrysler will invest $179 million to launch production of an advanced technology, fuel-efficient engine for the North American market, which will be built at the company’s Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance plant in Michigan. The investment will create up to 573 new jobs industrywide, including up to 155 new Chrysler Group jobs. MORE
WASHINGTON-More than half of the nation’s state attorneys general are objecting to a deal to settle a 2007 class-action lawsuit against Honda Motor Co. over claims of inflated mileage for a hybrid vehicle. MORE
ST. LOUIS-After a year of layoffs, idling and uncertainty, the General Motors plant in Wentzville hit a major milestone Thursday. At about 3:30 p.m., the 2 millionth full size van rolled off the assembly line here. MORE
DETROIT-Ford applauded action by the Michigan state legislature to approve tax incentives designed to land a 1,000-job battery assembly plant. Expected to cost $300 million to $500 million, the new plant is part of Ford’s strategy to centralize production of lithium ion batteries for hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicles. MORE
RALEIGH, NC-Appliance manufacturer Electrolux, which operates a manufacturing plant in Kinston, NC, is moving its North American headquarters to Charlotte and will create more than 700 new jobs. MORE
PORTLAND, OR-GE has signed a $1.4 billion contract with power producer Caithness Energy to supply wind turbines and services for an 845-megawatt Oregon wind farm at Shepherds Flat, near Arlington, OR, on the Columbia River. MORE
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