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For U.S. auto factories, summertime isn't downtime anymore
The decades-old tradition of shutting down U.S. auto factories for two weeks around July may be coming to an end, experts say, pushed out by strong demand and staggered vehicle launch dates. With sales booming, Ford Motor Co., for example, said it...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Chrysler, New Products, Vehicles, Automotive Equipment
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With U.S. market share surging, Ford ramps up production capacity
Ford Motor Co. is expanding its production capacity to take advantage of the shift in buyer sentiment toward smaller cars and SUVs and for F-series truck sales spurred by the housing market recovery. Ford said it will increase production by about 200,...
Tags: Passenger Cars, Chrysler Group LLC, Chrysler, Kelley Blue Book LLC, Vehicles
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Immigration: A wider better welcome mat
As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...
Tags: Startups, Hybrid Vehicles, Business, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Transmission engineers are shifting to higher gears
Automakers are spending billions of dollars to squeeze efficiency from a car part most people never think twice about — the transmission. Over the next five years, many new vehicles will have transmissions with up to 10 speeds, replacing the...
Tags: Chrysler, Jeep, Science and Technology, Automotive Equipment, Passenger Cars
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James Tolbert dies at 86; lawyer pressed Hollywood on civil rights
In a Hollywood auditorium, James L. Tolbert tried to induce a room packed with broadcasting and advertising executives to essentially join the civil rights movement in 1963 by pointing out the obvious. "We Negroes watch 'Bonanza' and buy Chevrolets....
Tags: Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Redd Foxx, Rentals, Social Issues
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U.S. auto manufacturers score biggest April since 2007
DETROIT — Ford, GM, Chrysler and Nissan all reported double-digit U.S. sales increases last month, signaling the best April for car and truck sales in six years. A rebound in pickup truck sales led the way, especially for the Detroit automakers....
Tags: General Motors Corp., Business, Chrysler Group LLC, Career and Workplace, Kelley Blue Book LLC
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Mercedes redesigns Sprinter van for 2014 as competition ramps up
Mercedes-Benz is talking up the changes for 2014 for its redesigned Sprinter cargo van as other automakers ramp up to compete in the segment. Mercedes-Benz says the new Sprint is slightly longer, with its radiator grill moved into a more upright and...
Tags: Porsche, Automotive Equipment, Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Tesla drives California environmental credits to the bank
When Tesla Motors reports its first-ever profit Wednesday, much of the money will come courtesy of the state of California. In its zeal to push electric cars into the market, the state has created a system in which Tesla can make as much as $35,000...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Environmental Politics, Conservation, Passenger Cars, Hybrid Vehicles
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Terror database too vague to flag Boston suspect
WASHINGTON — When a Russian intelligence service told the CIA that Tamerlan Tsarnaev had become an Islamic radical looking to join underground groups, the agency put his name in the government's catch-all database for terrorism suspects. The...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Terrorism, FBI, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Justice System
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SEIU wins union vote from Kaiser workers, defeating smaller rival
Workers at healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente in California voted to remain with the SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West union in a bitterly contested election pitting a labor giant against a smaller rival. The SEIU-UHW said it garnered nearly 19,000...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Work Relations, Politics, Elections
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GM first-quarter profits dip on losses in Europe, South America
General Motors Co. reported lower first-quarter profits Thursday as it struggled with the continuing economic slump in Europe and a dip in earnings in North America. Profit for the nation’s largest automaker profit fell 14% to $865 million...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Nissan, North America, Chrysler Group LLC, China
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Review: '10 Buildings That Changed America' is a rewarding tour
The new PBS program "10 Buildings That Changed America" is nothing if not efficient. In a single breezy hour, it moves from Thomas Jefferson to Frank Gehry, racing in a chronological blur past Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Venturi and a handful of other...
Tags: Architecture, Arts and Culture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Gehry, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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