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Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO PARTS TORONTO -- AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Frank Stronach was absent from the annual meeting of Magna International Inc. for the first time since the company started [...]

Byline: Greg Keenan MANUFACTURING In an unremarkable industrial park in Guelph, Ont., sits what Bruce Murray calls Ontario's best kept secret - if it's possible that eight-metre-high orange trucks that [...]

Byline: Gordon Pitts, Iain Marlow and Greg Keenan Ditch the yes-men Jim Shepard Canfor Corp. (No.115) On guiding the lumber giant through a near-death experience over the past four years, [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Reuters and AP COMMODITIES AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER At the BP station near the headquarters of Ford Motor Co., the price of a gallon of [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AND BRIAN MILNER MORE WITH LESS: THE PRODUCTIVITY CHALLENGE / FIRST IN A SERIES / REINVENTING THE FACTORY NEW LISKEARD, ONT. and TORONTO -- On the surface, [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AND JANET McFARLAND REGULATION Round one in a legal battle between Magna International Inc. and some of its largest shareholders went to the auto parts company when [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO INDUSTRY DETROIT -- AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Just as members of the United Auto Workers endured wage and benefit cuts during the restructuring of the U.S. auto [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN REAL ESTATE MARKHAM, ONT. -- The multiple-vote share structure that enables Frank Stronach to control MI Developments Inc. will remain in place, Mr. Stronach says, meaning holders [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Two Detroit auto makers that were financial basket cases a year ago are now jostling each other for position on the comeback [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKERS AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) is maintaining pressure on General Motors of Canada Ltd. to follow its parent company and reinstate [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKERS AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER General Motors of Canada Ltd. should match its parent company and reinstate some of the 240 dealerships that were terminated last year [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO SALES AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Since 1994, executives at General Motors of Canada Ltd. worried about the long-term prospects of Kesler Chevrolet in tiny Acme, Alta., population [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With reports from The Associated Press and Bloomberg THE TOYOTA CRISIS AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The embattled scion of Toyota Motor Corp.'s founding family is admitting that the [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER 'Engine' Charlie Wilson, who as president of General Motors Corp. uttered the famous words that 'for years I thought what was good [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING / CEO SEARCH AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The directors of General Motors Co. know exactly the kind of leader that they're looking for to replace departed [...]

Byline: Greg Keenan Business Ticker / NORTH AMERICA Toyota Canada Inc. will reconfigure accelerator pedals and the floors on some of its vehicles an install a brake override system on [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Ford Motor Co. has made it official, confirming that it will shut its St. Thomas Assembly Plant in Southwestern Ontario in the [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN RESTRUCTURING AUBURN HILLS, MICH. -- AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER A flood of new models and co-operation with partner Fiat SpA will drive Chrysler Group LLC to break even [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The Canadian Auto Workers union has fought off what it called a threat by Ford Motor Co. to pull its manufacturing operations [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Youth-oriented Scion vehicles will go on sale in Canada next September as Toyota Canada Inc. targets a 10-per-cent increase in sales to [...]

AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Ken Lewenza faces a set of stark choices in deadlocked negotiations between the Canadian Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd. - so [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The Canadian Auto Workers union urged Ford Motor Co. yesterday to keep open an assembly plant near St. Thomas, Ont., that is [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTOMOTIVE AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Chrysler Group LLC will crank out a new version of its minivan in Windsor, Ont., beginning next month, industry sources and union officials [...]

Byline: KAREN HOWLETT AND GREG KEENAN AUTOMOTIVE / GREEN TECHNOLOGY The Ontario government will help take the sting out of buying pricey electric cars by offering purchasers incentives of as [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTOMOTIVE AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Years of crisis management are over at a slimmer and healthier General Motors Co., which emerged from bankruptcy protection yesterday to face stagnant [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTOMOTIVE AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The massive North American auto supplier network took a major hit yesterday as Lear Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, becoming the [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTOMOTIVE AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Chrysler Group LLC will start cranking out vehicles at seven of its North American assembly plants on June 29, but some Canadian dealers [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTO MAKING BMW Canada seeks top luxury spot TORONTO -- AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER When Franz Jung arrived from Sweden in April to take the reins of BMW [...]

Byline: Greg Keenan BUSINESS TICKER / NORTH AMERICA Rollbacks 'not automatic' at Ford, CAW chief says The Canadian Auto Workers and senior executives of Ford Motor Co. will meet today [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AUTOMOTIVE Fiat aims for success of Chrysler, but it's no 'slam dunk' AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Fiat SpA began cleaning house yesterday at its newest division, Chrysler Group [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN AND SINCLAIR STEWART; With files from Bloomberg and AP AUTOMOTIVE Court puts Chrysler deal in jeopardy TORONTO, NEW YORK -- The U.S. Supreme Court has thrust Chrysler [...]

Byline: SHAWN McCARTHY AND GREG KEENAN Loonie's rise mixed blessing for auto bailouts OTTAWA and TORONTO -- The dollar's surge is eroding General Motors Corp.'s GM-N hard-won cost savings in [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN, KAREN HOWLETT AND SHAWN MCCARTHY THE AUTO CRISIS / GENERAL MOTORS High stakes, high costs and high hopes TORONTO and OTTAWA -- General Motors Corp. was bailed [...]

Byline: SHAWN McCARTHY AND GREG KEENAN THE AUTO INDUSTRY Canada will own 12 per cent of GM after historic bankruptcy OTTAWA and TORONTO -- The federal and Ontario governments will [...]

Byline: SHAWN McCARTHY AND GREG KEENAN THE AUTO INDUSTRY Canada will take up to 12 per cent of GM after historic bankruptcy OTTAWA and TORONTO -- The federal and Ontario [...]

AUTOS / TENTATIVE DEAL Taxpayers to fork out billions for GM pension aid OTTAWA and TORONTO -- General Motors of Canada Ltd. will use billions of dollars in government loans [...]

AUTOMOTIVE Being 'blackmailed,' CAW says AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The Canadian Auto Workers lashed out at Ottawa and Ontario yesterday, saying the union is being "blackmailed" by those two governments and [...]

Byline: BARRIE McKENNA AND GREG KEENAN AUTOMOTIVE Chrysler issues dealership hit list WASHINGTON and TORONTO -- Founded in the Great Depression, Amaral Motors of Newtown, Conn., has survived the Second [...]

AUTOMOTIVE Parts makers face crisis AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Canada's auto parts makers, battered by the shutdowns of almost all Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. assembly plants, need $1.4-billion to [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from The Canadian Press AUTOMOTIVE As time grows short, GM bankruptcy 'more probable' AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER The clock is ticking louder for General Motors Corp. [...]

AUTOMOTIVE Magna bid courts Opel unions AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Employees of Adam Opel AG would own as much as 10 per cent of the company under a plan for the [...]

AUTOMOTIVE Ottawa to GM: Cut costs or be cut off The federal and Ontario governments have ordered the Canadian Auto Workers to make further cuts in labour costs at General [...]

AUTOMOTIVE 'So lucky we didn't get it' MARKHAM, ONT. -- AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Even as Frank Stronach bids to buy a piece of European auto maker Adam Opel AG, he [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Associated Press THE AUTO CRISIS / GENERAL MOTORS Magna vies with Fiat in race for Opel stake AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Canadian auto parts magnate [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN, KAREN HOWLETT AND JACQUIE MCNISH AUTO CRISIS: 'A NEW LEASE ON LIFE' Chrysler aims for rapid restructuring with 'surgical' bankruptcy Chrysler LLC will survive, but it will [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from wire services AUTO CRISIS Chrysler clears hurdle with debt holders AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Chrysler LLC has reached a key deal with some of its [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With files from Dow Jones RACE TO RESTRUCTURE Chrysler edges closer to Fiat deal AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Chrysler LLC moved closer to a life-saving deal with Fiat [...]

Byline: PAUL WALDIE AND GREG KEENAN GENERAL MOTORS THE BLUEPRINT FOR A NEW GM General Motors Corp.'s GM-N decision to cut 42 per cent of its North American dealerships by [...]

Byline: GREG KEENAN; With a report from The Associated Press THE AUTO CRISIS Auto workers make historic concession to pay into their own pensions MISSISSAUGA -- AUTO INDUSTRY REPORTER Unionized [...]

Byline: JACQUIE McNISH, GREG KEENAN AND KAREN HOWLETT THE AUTO CRISIS Canada prepares to give up to $6-billion in bankruptcy financing for auto makers Ottawa and Ontario are in advanced [...]