DETROIT-General Motors Corp. is closing a Michigan metal stamping plant and will stop making sport utility vehicles in Wisconsin by the end of the year. MORE
BIRMINGHAM, AL-The Honda Accord V-6 sedan will join Alabama's auto assembly lineup next year as part of the Japanese automaker's latest plan to keep its factories humming during an industrywide sales slump. MORE
NEW DEHLI-After years of focusing on the manufacture of small cars, Indian automotive companies are well positioned to export their products to the rest of the world. MORE
MILWAUKEE-Today, the nation's industrial heartland is aching. The old economy of the 1950s and '60s has moved on, and the biggest question facing a new generation of Midwesterners is whether they will have the fortitude to do what needs to be done to build anew. MORE
WASHINGTON-National Association of Manufacturers President John Engler says manufacturers played an important role in securing passage of the recent $700 billion bailout bill. MORE
BUDAPEST, Hungary-General Motors plans to shut down production at its Hungarian unit for one and a half weeks in response to flagging European demand. MORE
CHICAGO- Boeing and the Machinists union have agreed to resume contract negotiations in an effort to end a strike that's already cost Boeing more than $1 billion in profits. MORE
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