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AP source: Chrysler to add jobs at Detroit plants

Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Nov 15 2012, 9:09am CST

The person says the company plans to invest $238 million at engine plants in Detroit and suburban Trenton, and at a pickup truck factory in Warren, Mich. The person didn't want to be identified because the formal announcement hasn't occurred. ...

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Ford, Chrysler Reducing Summer Shutdowns To Meet Demand

Source: Automobile Magazine  |   May 22 2013, 11:19am CDT

To keep up with increasing demand for new cars, Ford and Chrysler will cut their traditional two-week summer shutdowns at some factories. In addition, Ford will run several plants at full speed to build an extra 200,000 vehicles thi ...

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The Cheesecake Factory to open first Michigan location in Metro Detroit in August

Source: MLive.com  |   May 22 2013, 10:16am CDT

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U.S. Automakers Trim Traditional Summer Breaks

Source: Black Enterprise  |   May 22 2013, 9:37am CDT

Summer is near. That won’t mean as much for workers in the U.S. auto industry this year. Automakers in Detroit say they are trimming the traditional two-week summer breaks at their factories, in order to speed production and meet a gr ...

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U.S. Auto Factories Cutting Back On Summer Downtime

Source: Manufacturing.net  |   May 22 2013, 6:43am CDT

DETROIT (AP) -- The Detroit automakers are largely forgoing the traditional two-week summer break at their factories and speeding up production to meet buyers' growing demand for new cars and trucks. Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that 21 o ...

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Teens "unfriending" Facebook, turning to Twitter

Source: ABC-KVUE Austin  |   May 22 2013, 6:21am CDT

The record year for thunderstorm and tornado losses was 2011 -- when tornados struck Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Joplin, Missouri. In fact, the 5 worst years were 2008 to last year. The Insurance Information I ...

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Why GM cares about pickup trucks more than any other vehicle

Source: Globe and Mail  |   May 22 2013, 5:22am CDT

Nothing matters more to the continued revival and future success of General Motors than the all-new, full-size pickups. Nothing. Not the ongoing revival of Cadillac, which seems to have gathered some steam with the well-receiv ...

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Auto makers in a fierce battle over fuel economy

Source: Globe and Mail  |   May 22 2013, 5:22am CDT

Ford enjoyed great success with the EcoBoost V-6 engines in its F-150 pickups and that has General Motors working overtime to buff the image of its new V-6 in the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra – as well claims about the ...

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Automakers forgoing summer break as production speeds up

Source: NorthJersey.com  |   May 22 2013, 1:06am CDT

DETROIT — Detroit auto factories are forgoing their traditional two-week summer break and speeding up production to meet a growing demand for new cars and trucks. Ford Motor Co. said today that 21 of its North Amer ...

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US auto factories cutting back on summer downtime

Source: WTHR  |   May 22 2013, 12:58am CDT

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Rising car sales shrink annual summer plant shutdowns for Detroit's Big Three

Source: Detroit News Online  |   May 22 2013, 12:10am CDT

Summer vacation will be cut short for more auto factory workers this year, as carmakers try to keep up with heightened demand. Detroit automakers plan to reduce their annual two-week July shutdowns at dozens of North American plants that p ...

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