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DETROIT-General Motors says it will not be offering any more buyouts as it continues to fine tune the size of its workforce. MORE

MARLBORO, MA-State officials are expressing concern over Evergreen Solar Inc.’s decision to transfer assembly of solar panels from its new $425 million plant in Massachusetts to China. MORE

LANSING, MI-About 1,375 employees are scheduled to return to work Monday at GM’s Lansing Delta Township assembly plant. A strike at a transmission parts supplier in India forced the factory-which makes the Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia crossover vehicles-to halt production this week. MORE

DES PLAINES, IL-The American Society of Safety Engineers has revised its standard establishing definitions and nomenclature for fall arrest and fall protection equipment. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 13 percent of fatal on-the-job injuries in 2008 were attributed to falls. MORE

AUBURN HILLS, MI-Chrysler Group hopes to double its sales over the next five years as it continues to recover from its recent bankruptcy. MORE

TOKYO-Toyota Motor Corp. attributes at least some of its recent surprise profits to measures by governments around the world designed to boost sales of environmentally friendly vehicles. MORE

WASHINGTON-New factory orders in September rose 0.9 percent following an unrevised 0.8 percent decline in August, the Commerce Department reported. That’s slightly above the 0.8 percent rise economists were expecting. Orders have now risen in five of the last six months, but are down an unadjusted 21.7 percent over the year. MORE

BERLIN-German politicians and Opel employees are angered by General Motors Co.’s decision to abandon the sale of its European subsidiary to parts maker Magna International and Russian bank Sberbank. MORE

BROUGHTON, U.K.-Airbus will invest more than €400 million here in the next 12 months as it prepares to start production of its latest aircraft, the A350XWB. The aerospace giant has started constructing a 46,000-square-meter factory at its site in Broughton, North Wales, which will build the A350’s wings and help to secure 10,500 jobs in Britain for the next decade. MORE

West Point, GA-Kia Motors says it will reopen the application process for production and maintenance jobs at its new assembly plant here. The South Korean automobile manufacturer has hired 1,200 employees for the plant, where full production of the Kia Sorento is expected to begin later this month. A second production line is planned for early next year. MORE