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Strike at auto parts plant in Windsor, Ont., spreads to other facilities (Canadian Business)
WINDSOR, Ont. - A strike at TRW, an auto supply plant in Windsor, Ont., is beginning to be felt at similar facilities in the region. TRW’s 175 workers walked out Thursday afternoon because of a contract dispute that focuses primarily on wages.
Prentice rejects auto subsidies (The Globe and Mail)
TORONTO Federal Industry Minister Jim Prentice rejected the concept of direct subsidies to auto industry players Friday, insisting that setting up a strong economic foundation is a better route to strengthen the business.
Strike at auto parts plant in Windsor, Ont., spreads to other facilities (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
WINDSOR, Ont. - A strike at TRW, an auto supply plant in Windsor, Ont., is beginning to be felt at similar facilities in the region.
Auto insurers’ slow pace (The Star-Ledger)
bysBY JOE DONOHUENew Jersey auto insurance profits fell for the fourth straight year in 2006 as a new era of competition continues to keep prices in check, a just-released report shows.
Chrysler’s Press: Auto woes will endure through all of 2008 (Detroit News)
NEW YORK — Chrysler LLC President and Vice Chairman Jim Press said woes of the auto industry aren’t likely to improve until early 2009 and that Detroit’s Big Three automakers won’t regain a combined 50 percent market share in the United States.
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Edwards outduels JJ to win Auto Club 500 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Carl Edwards won the rain-delayed Auto Club 500 on Monday, charging past NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson with 13 laps remaining. Johnson, winner of the past two Cup titles, came out of the final pit stop in the lead with 26 laps left. But Edwards surged from third to capture the eighth victory of his career.
Edwards wins rain-delayed Auto Club 500 (Sports Illustrated)
FONTANA, California (AP) — Carl Edwards charges past reigning NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson with 13 laps remaining and won the rain-delayed Auto Club 500 on Monday.
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EA offers $2 billion for Grand Theft Auto publisher (Macworld.com via Yahoo! News)
Take-Two Interactive Software, publishers of the popular Grand Theft Auto series of games, has received and rejected a $2 billion acquisition bid from Electronic Arts but left the door open to a possible acquisition later.
Auto shop accused in human smuggling ring (USA Today)
Father and son owners of an auto repair business were to be arraigned today in federal court on charges that they built secret compartments within pickups and SUVs that were used to smuggle people across the border from Mexico.
Douglas Fraser, 91; Led United Auto Workers in Tough Times (Washington Post)
DETROIT — Douglas A. Fraser, who led the United Auto Workers union through dark hours in the U.S. auto industry in the 1970s and ’80s, has died. He was 91.
Douglas Fraser, former leader of U.S. auto union, dead at 91 (International Herald Tribune)
Douglas Fraser led the United Auto Workers union through dark hours in the 1970s and ’80s and was instrumental in the effort that saved Chrysler from bankruptcy.
Rain Causes Delays for Auto Club 500, Postponement of Nationwide (Washington Post)
The Auto Club 500 begins about 2 1/2 hours after its scheduled start time, but is slowed by two early crashes and then halted as officials looked for a way to stop water seeping through the seams.
EA bids for Grand Theft Auto firm (BBC News)
Electronic Arts goes public with its unsolicited offer for Grand Theft Auto firm Take-Two Interactive Software.
Auto Club 500 To Resume Monday Morning (NBC 4 Los Angeles)
Race officials postpone the Auto Club 500 until 10 a.m. Monday because of rain in Fontana.
Rain delays NASCAR / Wet weather postpones Auto Club 500 (San Francisco Chronicle)
NASCAR officials finally gave in to the weepers. After trying for nearly five hours to get the 2-mile oval at Auto Club Speedway dry, NASCAR called it a day, postponing the completion of the Sprint Cup series Auto Club 500 until 10 a.m. today. The drivers had…
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