TOKYO-Toyota Auto Body Co. will build its first U.S. facility in north Mississippi to supply the new Toyota assembly plant, set to begin production in the state in 2010. MORE

HANOVER, Germany-Automotive manufacturers Continental AG Siemens VDO Automotive have joined forces, in the process creating one of the top supply companies in the world. MORE

DEARBORN, MI-Ford Motor Co. has outpaced expectations by posting a $750 million second-quarter profit. MORE

DETROIT-General Motors Corp. is cutting both jobs and the number of pickup trucks it produces at its Pontiac, MI, assembly plant in response to a slowing pickup-truck market. MORE

CHICAGO-Boeing Co. is reporting a higher-than-expected second-quarter profit, compared with a year-ago loss, and is raising its full-year forecast at the same time it ramps up deliveries in its commercial planes division. MORE

CHENNAI, India-Consumer electronics manufacturer Samsung has invested $24 million to build a plant with an annual capacity of 1.5 million televisions. MORE

DALLAS-Lennox International Inc. will begin construction later this year on a factory in Saltillo, Mexico, to produce air conditioners and heat pumps. MORE

TOKYO-Toyota Motor Corp. says work stoppages caused by a recent earthquake in Japan have had a major impact on production. MORE

DEARBORN, MI-The future of Ford Motor Co. may very well hinge on the outcome of the contract talks with the UAW that begin today. MORE

HARTFORD, CT-Xerox Corp. and NRG Energy (Princeton, NJ) are teaming up to limit greenhouse gas emissions in the Northeast. MORE