
General Motors announced Monday it will start building the Chevrolet Equinox at its idled Tennessee plant and will also make midsized vehicles there in the future.
Chrysler Group LLC and union negotiators agreed Wednesday on a new four-year contract that creates 2,100 new jobs. The company will also invest $4.5 billion in its plants under the deal, which covers 26,000 U.S. workers.
Jennifer Lopez is promoting Fiat cars in a new commercial and music video.
German Labor Minister Ursula von der Leyen said that the introduction of an across-the-board minimum wage was only a matter of time in Europe's top economy, in an interview to be published Monday.
Service businesses such as restaurants, hotels and financial companies in July experienced their weakest growth in 17 months.

For some, the name "Fiat" evokes memories of touring on thin European roadways and swirling through verdant Tuscan hillsides in search of the perfect Brunello.

Italy's Fiat SpA bought the U.S. and Canadian governments' stakes in Chrysler Group LLC, becoming the majority shareholder in the U.S. automaker with the ability to appoint more board members.
Stocks fell Friday, giving the market another losing week, after poor earnings reports from two major technology companies suggested that companies invested less in new technology as the economic recovery slowed.
Fiat's purchase of the U.S. government's ownership stake in Chrysler Group LLC resolves one thorny political issue. Another lies ahead: Where to base the combined company.