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General Motors Corp.'s move to force out white-collar employees for the first time in about 20 years and cut benefits underscores the deepening problems facing the automaker.

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NEW YORK -- Johnson Controls Inc., which makes building and automobile systems, said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit was nearly wiped out by charges related to job cuts and other restructuring costs during the quarter.

PARIS -- PSA Peugeot-Citroen on Friday slashed its full-year targets and announced "massive" production cuts after third-quarter revenue shrank 5.2 percent.

FRANKFURT, Germany -- Volkswagen AG, europe's biggest automaker, said Friday its worldwide sales rose 3.9 percent through September as a slowdown in new car buying in western europe was offset by gains in China, Brazil and eastern europe.

WASHINGTON -- Chrysler LLC plans to cut 25 percent of its salaried work force by Jan. 1, with some involuntary layoffs, Michigan congressional aides briefed on the matter said.

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DETROIT -- Two Detroit Public Schools staffers nabbed an 18-year-old special-needs student they say stole a bus and crashed it on the city's east side this morning.

A US firm plans to build a $1-billion charging network to power battery cars in Australia as that country seeks cleaner and cheaper alternatives to petrol.

DETROIT -- United Auto Workers president Ron Gettelfinger said he didn't think another round of buyouts would help automakers shed more of their hourly workforce but he deflected a question on whether the union is considering re-opening the landmark national labor contracts signed last year with the Detroit Big Three automakers.