JACKSON, TN-Following layoffs in late 2008, Delta Faucet is beginning to bring workers backs and even contemplates some new hires as it moves its brazing operations down south from Indiana. MORE

AUBURN HILLS, MI-Chrysler LLC is asking the federal government to provide $448 million to help it build a new electric vehicle factory in Michigan. MORE

WASHINGTON-A panel of 50 forecasters says the U.S. economy is finally stabilizing and the recession should end by the the third quarter of 2009. MORE

TOKYO-Toyota Motor Corp. is increasing production of its hybrid Prius to meet better-than-expected demand. MORE

CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen plans to begin training operators for its new plant in the Tennessee  this October.  MORE

DEARBORN, MI-Ford is shutting down its plant in Vsevolozhsk until June 5 in response to slumping demand. MORE

MILWAUKEE-ZBB Energy Corp. has applied for more than $47 million in financial assistance under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to construct a manufacturing facility for zinc bromide advanced flow batteries. MORE

BUFFALO, NY-Hundreds of union members, retirees and their backers rallied in front of the Delphi plant in Lockport in the interest of U. S. manufacturing. MORE

DETROIT-Fiat Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo won’t rule out the possibility of plant closures in Italy and Germany if his company acquires General Motors Corp.’s Opel division. MORE

MUSKEGON, MI-The city of Muskegon is in the running for the first WindTronics manufacturing plant to produce the company’s new residential wind turbine. The Michigan Economic Growth Authority board Tuesday tried to sway the plant location decision by granting the company a 10-year, $3.7 million tax break if it selects an existing building in Muskegon’s Port City Industrial Park. MORE