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Ford calls back more than 202,000 vehicles in five North American recalls
Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it was calling back 202,241 vehicles in five North American recalls covering several issues, including an incorrect repair in a previous recall.
By Ben Klayman in Detroit; editing by Matthew Lewis

Continental AG CEO says Audi recall no threat to guidance
By Irene Preisinger; Writing by Edward Taylor; Editing by Maria Sheahan

GM posts higher-than-expected profit on strong North American demand
By BEN KLAYMAN AND BERNIE WOODALL

Nissan recalling 260,000 vehicles globally with Takata air bags
By Maki Shiraki; Writing by William Mallard; Editing by Ryan Woo
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U.S. to scrap trade deal on Russian steel duties
The U.S. Department of Commerce will terminate a 15-year-old deal sheltering Russian flat-rolled steel producers from high import duties, it said in a letter to Russian authorities.
By Krista Hughes in Washington, DC, Andrey Kuzmin in Moscow and James Kelleher in Chicago Editing by W Simon, J Benkoe, Marguerita Choy and David Gregorio

GM's top lawyer, hammered during recall hearing in Congress, to retire
General Motors Co's (GM.N) top lawyer will retire early next year, months after his department was heavily criticized for how it handled the automaker's defective ignition switch that has been linked to at least 27 deaths.
By BEN KLAYMAN

GE profit tops views as cost cuts drive margins; shares up
General Electric Co (GE.N) reported a slightly higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday, with cost cuts that helped boost margins across its industrial businesses offsetting revenue that missed analysts' targets.
By LEWIS KRAUSKOPF

Data show U.S. economy's pulse is still strong
The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell to a 14-year low last week and industrial output rose sharply in September, positive signals that could help ease fears over the economic outlook.
By JASON LANGE

Sergio's challenge: Build Jeep into FCA's top global brand by 2018
Auto analysts are skeptical that Sergio Marchionne, the hyperbolic chief executive of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCHA.MI)(FCAU.N), can meet his most ambitious goal: to nearly double Jeep's global sales over the next four years.
By BEN KLAYMAN, PAUL LIENERT AND JEFFREY DASTIN

Deaths linked to GM ignition-switch defect rise to 27
A program to compensate victims of a faulty ignition switch in General Motors (GM.N) vehicles has approved three new death claims, bringing the total number of deaths linked so far to the switch to 27, according to a report released on Monday by the lawyer overseeing the program.
By JESSICA DYE

FCA opens up 2.7 percent in Milan in market debut
Shares in carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) opened 2.7 percent higher on the Milan bourse on Monday, their first day of trading as a newly-merged company.
By Agnieszka Flak, editing by Danilo Masoni)