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UAW, American Axle reach deal that could end 11-week strike; includes boosted wage offer : American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. boosted its wage offer and increased the payments it will give workers to take a wage cut as part of a tentative agreement that could settle an 11-week strike...
By: THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Canadian Auto Workers at three General Motors plants have ratified a new labour deal that mirrors agreements with other major auto makers. The auto giant and the union are awaiting a final vote from one additional General Motors facility in Woodstock, Ont. Under...
Wolfsburg, Germany - A plan by Volkswagen to set up a US car plant to make 250,000 cars a year is advancing, according to a German news report Saturday that was partly confirmed by a VW spokesman. The news magazine Der Spiegel, releasing a story to a...
By CHARMAINE NORONHA Associated Press Writer TORONTO (AP) - AECL's National Research Universal (NRU) reactor at the Chalk River facility in eastern Ontario will remain operational under a contract with health care company MDS Nordion, the company said. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission...
Workers at General Motors Corp. ratified a new local contract with the company on Friday afternoon ending a strike in one important factory producer of popular crossover vehicles. United Auto Workers Local 602 said on its website today that its members agreed a new deal and will resume activities...
IndustrialMRO.com, a Web site for plant maintenance professionals, engineers and manufacturing managers will feature a Manchester, New Hampshire manufacturer of voice and data communications Equipment. Manchester, NH, May 17, 2008 -- -- The blog-based Web site for the manufacturing community...
For several weeks, NewsBusters has been reporting the changing media tide concerning ethanol. On Thursday, PBS's "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" joined the growing chorus of press outlets pointing fingers at biofuels as being partially responsible for the growing international food crisis:The cost of...
KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 17--SNOW HILL -- When thinking of prawn farming, Greene County may not be the first place that jumps to mind. Still, the county will soon become home to the lone prawn processing plant in the country, according to Stan Dixon, extension director for Greene...
Mitigate. Adapt. Use Wind Power as an Engine for Economic Development. Promote Local Action Plans. Panels of experts shared diverse perspectives this week on the future of Montana as affected by climate change at the Burton K. Wheeler Center Conference on "Climate Change in Montana: Impacts and...
An Xstream Pictures, Shanghai Film Group, China Resources (Holdings) Co. presentation, in association with Office Kitano, Bandai Visual, Bitters End, of an Xstream Pictures production. Produced by Jia Zhangke, Shozo Ichiyama, Wang Hong. (Mandarin, Shanghainese dialogue) Following "Still Life" and...
