ANN ARBOR, MI-After 18 months of research, development and testing, Current Motor Co. has begun mass production of a new line of electric scooters. MORE
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV-Amonix Inc., a manufacturer of concentrated photovoltaic power systems, broke ground today for a 214,000-square-foot manufacturing facility here. The facility will bring 278 jobs to Southern Nevada. MORE
LANSING, MI-Automotive suppliers expect a ripple effect from GM’s announcement Thursday that it would invest $190 million in its assembly plant here. MORE
WASHINGTON-The economy expanded at a 2 percent annual rate in the third quarter, a slight improvement from the 1.7 percent growth in the second quarter. MORE
AUBURN HILLS, MI-Buoyed by tax credits approved today, Chrysler will invest $850 million in its Sterling Heights, MI, assembly plant and $150 million at its Dundee, MI, engine plant. MORE
WASHINGTON-Siemens has been awarded a $466 million contract to build 70 electric locomotives for Amtrak’s busy northeastern routes. Under the terms of the contract, 250 new jobs will be created to build the locomotives, including 200 at Siemens’ existing light manufacturing facility in Sacramento, CA. MORE
DETROIT-A laid-off worker at GM’s Orion Assembly plant has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board in Detroit against the UAW for negotiating a deal to employ 40 percent of the workers at a lower wage rate. MORE
MEXICO CITY-Armed men opened fire on buses carrying assembly-plant workers near the Texas border early Thursday, killing four people and wounding 15 others. MORE
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