WASHINGTON -- U.S. industrial output rose in March as cold weather kept utilities busy generating heat and a surge in auto production helped offset broader weakness in manufacturing. Production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities rose 0.4 per cent in March from February, the...

OTTAWA -- Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 2.6 per cent to $49.6 billion in February, the largest increase since July 2011. The agency says the gain was due largely to higher sales in the transportation equipment, petroleum and coal product, food, and miscellaneous...

MONTREAL -- Bombardier Aerospace doesn't expect to hire more foreign workers to build its new CSeries aircraft despite possible shortages in skilled labour in Canada. The aerospace giant has occasionally hired foreign engineers and temporarily uses its own employees from the...

The issue: The U.S. economy is recovering from the Great Recession but at a modest, uneven pace. Many scars remain visible, particularly an unemployment rate of 7.6 per cent. The U.S. has 2.8 million fewer jobs than in December 2007, when the recession began. And average hourly wages have trailed...

  DETROIT -- General Motors and Ford are putting aside their longstanding rivalry to work together to develop a new generation of fuel-efficient automatic transmissions. The companies said Monday that their engineers will jointly design nine- and 10-speed transmissions that will go...

The World Steel Association has announced they anticipate a 2.9 per cent rise in global steel demand in 2013. The prediction was detailed in their Short Range Outlook (SRO), release on Friday, April 11th. Furthermore, they also predict a similar amount of growth for the 2014 year and predict 1,500...

OTTAWA -- A new report by two independent think-tanks recommends the Harper government abandon its pet project to construct Arctic patrol ships for the navy. The Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Rideau Institute say the $4.3-billion plan has been watered down to the point where it no longer...

The University of Connecticut and Pratt & Whitney have announced the opening of a new additive manufacturing laboratory. The facility, called the Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center at UConn, is located at the university’s campus in Storrs, Connecticut. The...

RUSSELSHEIM, Germany -- General Motors (GM) will invest 4 billion euros in their Opel operations in Germany and Europe through 2016. The company announced the spending at a board meeting in a board of directors meeting in the German city of Rüsselsheim where the Opel headquarters are...