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Reports that Ford Motor Co. is close to reaching an agreement with its Canadian union over a new labor contract.

Reports that the League of American Theaters and Producers and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the union representing theatrical stagecraft workers across the U.S. and Canada, announced on February 2004 that they had reached a new three-year contract.

Reports on the approval of a labor contract between Daimler-Chrysler Canada and its unionized workers in October 2002.

Presents news briefs related to international business and finance as of September 24, 2002. Plans of the Canadian Auto Workers union to target Ford Motor Co. for negotiations on a labor contract; Decline in consumer prices in Hong Kong resulting from continued retail discounting; Demand for shares in Chinese telecommunications company China United Telecommunications, which will begin trading in October 2002; Others.

Reports on a labor agreement reached by General Motors and the Canadian Auto Workers union in Canada on September 17, 2002.

Reports that General Motors Canada was set by the Canadian auto workers union as its first bargaining target. Negotiation of a new labor contract in order to set a pattern for contracts with the others; Focus of the Canadian Auto Workers Union on job security; Observation that bargaining on new labor contracts will not take place simultaneously in the U.S. and Canada; Relations between the Canadian union and General Motors.

Reports that the union representing Canadian auto workers began talks with North American automakers General Motors (GM), Ford Motor and Daimler-Chrysler. Focus on a labor contract that might set precedents for similar talks in 2003 in the U.S.; Signs that GM's local unit would be the union's primary target; Comments of Buzz Hargrove, president of the Canadian Auto Workers Union; Expectation that Canadian talks will be dominated by demands for greater job security; Outlook.