DETROIT -- A person with knowledge of General Motors Corp.'s plans says the company is likely to announce more production cuts and possible plant closures as early as next week. (Yesterday)

YORK TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Toyota Motor Corp. has formally opened a new engineering and safety testing facility near Ann Arbor, Mich., bringing 400 badly needed jobs to an area hard-hit by auto industry layoffs. (10/09/2008)

A Japanese American theorist whose work helped explain how the cosmos came into being and two Japanese theorists who predicted the existence of a family of exotic particles called quarks will share the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics, the Swedish Nobel Foundation announced yesterday. (10/08/2008)

DETROIT -- A General Motors official says the automaker could consider selling its downtown Detroit headquarters as part of a way to raise cash, but plans to stay in the towering complex. (10/07/2008)

DETROIT -- The chairwoman of the National Automobile Dealers Association says the credit crunch and economic problems are likely to cause 700 auto dealers to go under this year. (10/07/2008)