PEARLAND, TX-Medical device manufacturer Cardiovascular Systems Inc. has signed a 10-year lease for a new 46,000-square-foot manufacturing facility here. MORE

KANSAS CITY, MO-A Missouri low-interest loan program for the first time is covering solar and wind projects when small businesses or homes use them to meet their energy needs. MORE

SAN ANTONIO, TX-Toyota is getting to boost production of the Tundra pickup trucks it manufactures in Texas. MORE

BANGKOK-Hundreds of striking workers demanding higher wages have forced General Motors to shut its assembly plant in Thailand. MORE

CHICAGO-After building a record number of jets in 2009, Airbus and Boeing may have no choice but to slow down production in the coming months. MORE

MURRYSVILLE, PA-Philips Respironics opened a new $32 million, state-of-the-art plant here to assemble products used for treating sleep apnea. The two-story, 172,000-square-foot building employs about 325 people. MORE

AMES, IA-Under the direction of associate professor Vinay Dayal, Iowa State students are looking for ways to make wind turbines roll off U.S. assembly lines more efficiently. They hope to improve the productivity of turbine blade factories by as much as 35 percent. MORE

MELBOURNE, FI-Embraer has begun construction of a new $50 million facility to both assemble and market its Phenom line of executive jets. MORE

CHICAGO-South Carolina is in a high-stakes competition with the state of Washington to land a Boeing Co. airplane production facility that could become the cornerstone for the aerospace industry on the East Coast. MORE

MOLINE, IL-Deere & Co. and the United Auto Workers have tentatively agreed on a new six-year contract covering 9,500 employees and 17,000 retirees. MORE