Plant Closings

TOKYO (AP) — Toyota and Honda are starting to feel the pinch of the global slowdown at home. On Thursday, Japan's biggest automaker said it was suspending production at a third plant later this month as it tries to cope with falling demand in the...

Toyota and Honda are starting to feel the pinch of the global slowdown at home. On Thursday, Japan's biggest automaker said it was suspending production at a third plant later this month as it tries to cope with falling demand in the U.S. and around the...

Beginning Sunday, about 165,000 residents in the Antelope Valley and some nearby communities will have extremely limited water supply for a week because of system upgrades, according to officials at Los Angeles County's Waterworks Districts. The...

Farm-equipment giant Deere & Co. disappointed Wall Street with its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday, as higher raw-material costs and weakening non-agricultural sales offset robust farm sales. The latest quarterly results helped the Moline, Ill....

A group of Steve & Barry's employees who were laid off Monday is suing the owners of the Port Washington retailer because they should have been given advance notice as required by federal law, the employees said. Under the federal Worker Adjustment and...

MACAU (AP) _ The baccarat tables at the Venetian's Red Dragon section still teem each night with hundreds of the Chinese players who've fueled Macau's breathtaking shot to the top of the gambling world. But as gamblers place bets of 500 patacas ($65) and...

China got what it wanted in Washington's financial summit - a promise of a bigger role for developing countries in global finance - but gave no sign yesterday of whether it will respond by using any of its $1.9 trillion in reserves in a bailout fund....

The U.S. Navy announced Monday that it wants to base an aircraft carrier in Florida, a move that could send shock waves through the region's economy. One Florida lawmaker called the move "a done deal," but Virginia lawmakers from both parties vowed to...

New Haven is losing another manufacturing plant with an announcement by Ingersoll Rand Co. that it will shut down next year, eliminating about 100 jobs. Ingersoll Rand, maker of builder and architectural hardware, has announced it will close its...

Boatbuilder Brunswick Corp. plans to close its last Maryland plant that makes the Trophy offshore fishing boat and move the production to Tennessee, the company announced yesterday. About 115 workers will lose their jobs when the Cumberland plant...

Craigslist pledged yesterday to crack down on ads for prostitution on its Web sites. As part of Craigslist's agreement with attorneys general in 40 states, anyone who posts an "erotic services" ad will be required to provide a working phone number and pay...

With their employers poised to announce billions more in losses and further job cuts today, it's worry time once again at General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. factories across North America. Both companies are spending billions more than they're...