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DETROIT -- The City Council on Tuesday voted to designate the now-closed Brodhead Armory as a surplus property, a first step to selling it for $3 million. Eight council members ...

Detroit nears sale on Brodhead Armory - Detroit News

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Sales of new cars in Venezuela fell 27.4 percent in the first half of the year, reversing a recent upward trend as economic growth slowed and President Hugo ...

Venezuela car sales fall - Detroit News

TORONTO -- Canadian Auto Workers President Buzz Hargrove plans to announce the union's official endorsement for his replacement. Hargrove has led the CAW for 16 years and is to ...

CAW's Hargrove to retire; will endorse replacement today - Detroit News

BEIJING -- General Motors and Ford reported first-half sales grew strongly in China's booming auto market Tuesday, a rare bright spot for global automakers. GM said sales of its ...

GM, Ford report strong China sales - Detroit News

DEARBORN -- Ford Motor Co . isn't commenting on a Chinese business journal report that China's Chery Automobile Corp . is interested in buying Ford's Volvo unit. Caijing Magazine ...

Auto briefs - Detroit News

WASHINGTON -- The government wants to make improvements to the crash test program for new cars and trucks, offering more guidance to car shoppers who value safety. The Bush ...

Crash tests overhaul coming - Detroit News

MILAN, Italy -- Fiat, Italy's largest automaker, plans to lay off workers at four of its six Italian plants for three one-week periods later this yearbecause ofthe contracting ...

Fiat plans 3 one-week layoffs at 4 plants - Detroit News

In an effort to curb the relentless rise in steel prices and bolster their own frail finances, some automakers are beginning to push back on price increases, saying they won't pay ...

Carmakers resist high steel costs - Detroit News

Canadian Auto Workers President Basil "Buzz" Eldon Hargrove, known as a hard-line union leader, announced his retirement Tuesday. Union leaders quickly endorsed as his successor a ...

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