OTTAWA -- Leaked European documents on the free-trade talks with Canada suggest the two sides have the bare bones for an agreement in the troublesome field of autos. The Canadian Press has obtained a European list of outstanding issues on rules of origin, which have long been a barrier to a final...

BERLIN -- Industrial orders in Germany rebounded more strongly than expected in February, a promising sign for first-quarter growth in Europe's biggest economy. The Economy Ministry said Friday that orders increased 2.3 per cent compared with the previous month. That was better than the...

TORONTO -- The Canadian dollar fell more than three-quarters of a US cent Friday morning as job creation numbers for Canada and the United States missed by a wide margin. The loonie tumbled 0.82 of a cent to 97.96 cents US after Statistics Canada reported the economy shed 55,000 jobs - all full...

  TORONTO -- Global auto sales were moderate in February, undercut by weak volumes in western Europe and China where purchasing patterns were distorted by the Lunar New Year holidays, says a report by Scotiabank. However, the bank says in its monthly Global Auto Report that the combined...

WASHINGTON -- Suddenly, outsourcing is on the way out and insourcing on the way in as the U.S. trudges unevenly toward President Barack Obama's goal of doubling American exports around the world by the start of 2015. So far, export levels are about halfway to his mark. Obama set the five-year...

DETROIT – General Motors is planning to invest roughly $332 million in four manufacturing sites in the American Midwest. The money will be put towards the production of more fuel-efficient engines and transmissions. The investments, which will go plants in Flint and Bay City, Michigan;...

MONTREAL -- The Quebec government has agreed to provide $1 billion in financing help to buyers of Bombardier's new CSeries commercial aircraft, joining a similar practice by the federal government. A decree dated March 7 but published Wednesday in the province's official gazette said the...

Remember that famous line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”? With apologies to its author, Charles Dickens, for most moldmakers the past few years were just been the worst of times, period. But that was then: the automotive sector in a tailspin followed by the worst...

TORONTO -- Sales of cars and light trucks in Canada slipped every so slightly last month compared with the recording-setting pace set in March 2012. According to data compiled by DesRosiers Automotive consultants, auto sales totalled 156,680 in March, down 0.7 per cent from 157,749 a year...

TORONTO -- Ford Motor Co. of Canada says it was the best selling automaker in the country last month as sales of its popular F-150 pickup truck helped push results higher. The company says overall sales were up two per cent compared with a year ago, to total 25,092, up from 24,690. F-150 sales...