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TOKYO-Honda plans to meet growing U.S. demand for small cars while maintaining North American jobs by moving production of two bigger models from Canada to Alabama. MORE

DETROIT-It will be another week before General Motors Corp. gets all its plants back online in the wake of the recent weeks-long American Axle strike. MORE

WASHINGTON-Orders for U.S. durable goods excluding automobiles and planes unexpectedly rose in April, signaling that demand from abroad may be helping factories ride out the housing-led economic slowdown. MORE

TOKYO-Although sales remain slack in the United States, demand elsewhere is strong. MORE

BIRMINGHAM, AL-Will spiking fuel costs put a damper on the ongoing surge in Southern automotive production? MORE

TOKYO-Nissan Motor Co. hopes to have an electric car in showrooms in the United States and Japan by 2010. MORE

TOKYO-Toyota Motor Co. has agreed to pay for after-hours kaizen work, following the death of any employee from exhaustion. MORE

MONTREAL-A new locomotive factory to be built by Railpower Technologies Corp. is coming to St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada. MORE

TOULOUSE, France-Airbus CEO Louise Gallois says another round of cuts is in store to accommodate the high Euro. MORE

DETROIT-UAW workers at American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. have ratified a contract negotiated by the union and the company, ending the 12-week strike that has closed dozens of other plants nationwide. MORE