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Takata, auto execs face Senate over deadly air bag scandal
Executives from Japan's Takata Corp (7312.T) and two automakers faced tough scrutiny from U.S. senators on Thursday over the risk of millions of potentially defective air bags that can rupture upon deployment, shooting metal shards into cars.
By ERIC BEECH AND BEN KLAYMAN
Peugeot plans to cut 3,450 French jobs in 2015: sources
By GILLES GUILLAUME AND NICHOLAS VINOCUR
As China's luxury car wave ebbs, foreign firms seek domestic foothold
By Samuel Shen and Kazunori Takada
What is a recall? Carmakers confuse U.S. drivers in deadly air bag saga
By BARBARA LISTON, JULIA EDWARDS AND PATRICK RUCKER
France wants former Peugeot chief Varin as Areva chairman
By Jean-Baptiste Vey; writing by Geert De Clercq; editing by Jane Baird
Takata refutes report of secret airbag tests: NYT
By Supriya Kurane in Bangalore; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier
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Wall Street set to open flat after three-week runv
U.S. stocks were poised for a flat open on Monday, after the Dow and S&P 500 advanced for a third straight week to fresh record highs.
By CHUCK MIKOLAJCZAK
Facing U.S. safety probe, Honda expands air bag recall
Honda Motor Co, facing a U.S. safety probe, strengthened its recall of U.S. cars to replace potentially defective Takata Corp air bags linked to several deaths.
By PAUL LIENERT
GM tells court it not liable for claims over pre-bankruptcy cars
General Motors (GM.N) said in a court filing on Wednesday that it should not have to face lawsuits based on safety issues in cars made before its 2009 bankruptcy, including a faulty ignition switch that led to the recall of 2.6 million cars earlier this year.
By JESSICA DYE AND NICK BROWN
GM says October China auto sales up 3.2 percent year on year
General Motors Co (GM.N) and its Chinese joint ventures sold 291,371 vehicles in China in October, up 3.2 percent from the same month a year earlier, the U.S. automaker said on Wednesday.
By Engen Tham and John Ruwitch; Editing by Miral Fahmy
GM ignition-switch death, injury claims up 12 percent
A program to compensate victims of accidents caused by a faulty ignition switch in General Motors (GM.N) vehicles has received 1,772 claims for injuries and deaths, a 12 percent increase from the previous week, according to a report Monday.
By JESSICA DYE
After the "bulldozer": Hyundai's consensus-building heir-apparent
When he attended design preview meetings for the Genesis luxury sedan, Hyundai Motor heir-apparent Chung Eui-sun suggested features he'd seen on high-end European rivals, such as a pop-up navigation screen and a gearshift that rises and retracts.
By HYUNJOO JIN
Ford's lower profit beats estimates; sales down on F-150 launch
Ford Motor Co on Friday reported a 34 percent drop in third-quarter profit, and revenue fell due to the cost of introducing the F-150 pickup truck.
By BERNIE WOODALL AND BEN KLAYMAN
