DETROIT-Penske Automotive Group has rejected a deal to acquire General Motors’ Saturn unit, a decision that likely spells the end for the brand and threatens thousands of jobs.T MORE

BRUSH, CO-If all goes as planned, E2Logicx Solar will create 130 new jobs when it opens a new manufacturing facility and its world headquarters here. “E2Logicx Solar will be a U.S.-based designer and manufacturer of solar electrical products,” company CEO Fida Hossain said during a kickoff event Friday at the planned future site of the plant. MORE

OLYMPIA, WA-Washington’s governor is stepping up public efforts to court the Boeing Co., part of a high-stakes interstate competition for the second assembly line of the company’s long-delayed 787 jetliner. MORE

LEIPZIG, Germany-Porsche has opened a new training facility to focus on lean management, lean production, lean administration and continual improvement processes. MORE

LAFAYETTE, IN-A silver 2010 Outback 2.5i was the 3 millionth vehicle to roll off the production line since Subaru of Indiana began building cars and trucks in the state 20 years ago. MORE

CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen is planning two tracks at its new plant here to check the quality of the vehicles that roll off the assembly line. One track will have several surfaces where vehicles just off the assembly line will be checked to make sure they’re running correctly. A second one will be a straighter high-speed track. MORE

LORDSTOWN, OH-The official launch of the Chevrolet Cruze isn’t until April, but GM’s assembly plant here just rolled out the first test model. The new car is not for sale and is made to be disassembled by engineers to troubleshoot any problems. Some 100 test models will be by made by the end of the year. MORE

AUBURN HILLS, MI-Chrysler Group plans to move about 400 jobs from Twinsburg, OH, to Detroit at the same time it prepares to freshen its slow-selling midsize sedan line. MORE

TYNESIDE, England-The battle to bring the thousands of jobs to England’s industrial northeast is being led by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who has held talks with Siemens managers eager to set up two factories. MORE

DETROIT-GM has decided to speed up payments to its parts suppliers to help ease their cash flow problems and ultimately improve relations with the companies. Relations between GM and its suppliers have been strained since 1990s, when it continually demanded cost cuts. As a result, suppliers offered new technology first to other automakers that paid better and more frequently, putting GM behind. MORE