BERLIN-German factory orders surged in February, boosted by strong domestic demand. New factory orders in the eurozone’s largest economy rose 2.4 percent in February. MORE
SCRANTON, PA-Federal authorities have charged the operator of a temporary staffing agency with conspiring to harbor illegal aliens whom he provided as workers to a local manufacturing facility. MORE
LAFAYETTE, LA-Halliburton will invest nearly $65 million to build a manufacturing facility here, creating about 150 new jobs. The new facility will produce complex components for oilfield service operations. MORE
TOKYO-The disruption to the global electronics supply chain caused by the Japan earthquake could recur in other regions of Asia because of the high concentration of technology industries in certain countries, according to industry specialist IHS iSuppli. MORE
WINDSOR, ON-Two workers on an auto assembly line, one making half as much as the other, is a scenario the CAW will be increasingly pressured to accept as the UAW in the U.S. opens the door even wider to two-tiered wages. But “it’s absolutely a non-starter,” Canadian Auto Workers president Ken Lewenza says. MORE
ATHENS, Greece-Archaeologists have discovered a 3,500-year-old clay tablet in southwestern Greece that contains writing about manufacturing output. MORE
PARIS-Growth in the Group of Seven top industrialized countries, excluding quake-hit Japan, appears to have been faster than expected in early 2011. Outside of Japan, growth in the G7 economies could rise to an annualised rate of about 3 percent in the first half of the year. MORE
SPRING HILL, TN-Hopes that the shuttered General Motors assembly plant here might soon get a new vehicle to build have been reignited by news that the United Auto Workers union plans to push for its reopening during contract talks with the carmaker this summer. MORE
DETROIT-Many U.S. car and truck buyers will have limited color choices for at least a month as crews try to fix a pigment factory that was damaged by the earthquake in Japan. MORE
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