MINNEAPOLIS-3M Co. is building a $200 million film-coatings plant in Singapore to eliminate up to $1 billion in freight, supply and tax costs from its overseas operations. MORE

TORONTO-Uunwillingness to hear bad news is not a new flaw, or a strictly corporate one. Stalin's refusal to heed reports of German troops massing at the border before the 1941 invasion of Russia is one example in which the boss literally shot the messenger. MORE

TOLEDO-The new head of Dana Corp. will employ the lessons he learned at Toyota to help bring the Ohio-based auto supplier back to profitability. MORE

MILWAUKEE-Manitowoc-based Tower Tech has inked a deal to supply wind towers to a subsidiary of the Spanish company Gamesa, a leading player in the global wind industry. MORE

DEARBORN, MI-Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally may be pulling a repeat: Turning around the No. 2 U.S. automaker the same way he helped revive Boeing Co. MORE

MILWAUKEE-Harley-Davidson Inc. says it will cost $20 million to $25 million to eliminate 730 production and management jobs. MORE

LEXINGTON, KY-United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger says the longtime drive to unionize the Toyota Motor Corp. complex in Georgetown remains active. MORE

DEARBORN, MI-Despite a sluggish economy, Ford Motor Co. beats analysts’ expectations by earning $100 million in the first quarter. MORE

BEIJING-China’s Chery Automobile produced 119,800 vehicles for export in 2007, up 132 percent from the previous year. MORE

BIRMINGHAM, AL-Alabama is again in the hunt for an automotive assembly plant, this time vying against Michigan and Tennessee as a site for a potential U.S. factory for Volkswagen. MORE