Earlier close

2008-10-14 | NEWSPAPER EDITION

GENERAL Motors Corp says it will idle its Wisconsin sport-utility-vehicle factory on December 23, earlier than the company had expected. The factory employs 1,200 workers and makes the GMC Yukon, Chevrolet Tahoe and Chevrolet Suburban SUVs.
GM said yesterday that the market for those vehicles is shrinking, so the auto maker had to make the difficult decision to idle the factory early. The company had previously said it would shut down Janesville and three other pickup truck and SUV factories by 2010.

Addict elephant unfit to return to the jung...

AN Asian elephant who was cured of heroin addiction in southwest China has been declared unfit for the wild, according to zoo keepers in Yunnan Province. The four-year-old male, Xiguang, and five other elephants...