Financial Times - Ford and Mazda closed plants on Monday in Nanjing, the city in eastern China that has been one of the worst affected by snow, as did Nanjing Auto. Nissan, Honda and Toyota have all been forced to close at least one of their plants in China, while

MSN MoneyCentral - DETROIT (AP) — A strike at an auto parts supplier has forced General Motors Corp. to shut down three more pickup truck factories, causing the company to idle a total of 12,000 workers, GM said Friday.

Atlanta plays part in mercury-recovery milestone
Atlanta Journal Constitution - The nation’s top environmental regulator was in town Friday to pull the one millionth or so mercury switch out of a junked car at an auto parts dealer in south DeKalb. “This really is a landmark achievement, and it’s worth celebrating,” said U

Delphi requests Chap. 11 extension
Lansing State Journal - NEW YORK - Delphi asked for an extension of bankruptcy protection Friday as the auto parts supplier struggles to find loans in an inhospitable credit market. Delphi, seeking $6.1 billion in loans as credit markets seize up, has asked for a two-month

China’s competitive edge at risk amid rising costs
El Paso Times - Auto-parts makers are decamping for the Middle East and Eastern Europe, and textile-makers to Bangladesh and India. Thousands of smaller Hong Kong, Taiwan or Chinese-run factories in south China’s traditional export hub of Guangdong are closing or

NAFTA seen differently in Ohio, Texas
Raleigh News & Observer - Story Tools LAREDO, Texas - If the shuttered factories that dot the Ohio landscape tell the story of NAFTA, so too do the miles of trucks carrying auto parts, fruit and tequila across the Mexican border through this booming port city in South Texas

EEOC files lawsuit against Advance Auto
Roanoke Times - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit this week against Advance Auto Parts, charging that it violated a disability discrimination law by refusing to hire a male job applicant because he had cerebral palsy. The EEOC claimed

Plant closings spread as auto parts workers strike
Globe and Mail - DETROIT General Motors Corp. said Friday it would halt three more assembly plants because of parts shortages caused by a strike against its supplier American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. GM said it would stop work at truck plants in Flint

Slate - outlined a series of rear-drive projects that have been put on hold until the auto maker knows how strict the proposed new corporate average fuel efficiency (CAFE) regulations will be. Mounting casualties so far include migrating the next Chevy Impala

Archive for Enid Burns
ClickZ - Google’s efforts to improve ad performance on its AdSense network appear to be paying off. Feb 29, 2008 Otto Digital’s Mendez Launches Optimization, Marketing Firm An agency aims to bring advertisers and agencies one step closer to technology

Euro Stocks Head for another Whirlwind Week
CNBC - Other earnings are due from German auto-maker Daimler , pharmaceuticals giant Bayer and UK insurer Aviva . Some analysts consider the real economy, outside of financial stocks, to be holding up well, but deterioration in other sectors’ earnings could