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Special Report: Plant with troubled past at center of Takata air bag probe
The dusty, industrial town of Ciudad Frontera, Mexico, has moved from the far reaches of the global auto supply chain to the front lines of an investigation into why air bags from Takata Corp are blowing up with lethal force in accidents.
By JOANNA ZUCKERMAN BERNSTEIN AND BEN KLAYMAN
BMW reviewing whether to replace driver-side Takata air bags
By Edward Taylor; Editing by Mark Heinrich
Ford recalls 65,000 Fusion models on ignition key issues
By Bernie Woodall; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama
Strikes cast shadow over Ford's South African investment prospects
By Tiisetso Motsoeneng; Editing by Joe Brock and David Goodman
Aluminum-intensive Ford F-150 truck on sale in December
By Ben Klayman in Detroit; Editing by Richard Chang
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U.S. fracking firms stay in top gear despite oil price slump
Unfazed by slumping oil prices and battering in the stock market, firms that supply sand and guar gum for shale oil and gas companies are not ready yet to call an end to a four-year boom spurred by hydraulic fracturing technology.
By EDWARD MCALLISTER
Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors aim to raise fuel economy by 25 percent by 2020
Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) and its affiliate Kia Motors (000270.KS) said on Thursday they aim to raise the average fuel economy of their vehicles by 25 percent by 2020 to meet emissions regulations in South Korea, the United States and Europe.
By Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Kim Coghill
U.S. private sector creates 230,000 jobs in October: ADP
U.S. private employers added 230,000 jobs in October, the most since June and exceeding economists' expectations as mid-sized businesses added the most workers in more than seven years, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday.
By Dan Burns; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama
Daimler opens Beijing R&D centre to tune Mercedes-Benz to Chinese tastes
Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) has opened a research and development (R&D) centre in Beijing tasked with further tuning its Mercedes-Benz brand to wealthy Chinese tastes and closing the sales gap with Audi AG (NSUG.DE) and BMW AG (BMWG.DE).
By NORIHIKO SHIROUZU
Exclusive: Ford to overhaul Lincoln brand, this time with big bucks
Ford Motor Co's (F.N) new chief executive, Mark Fields, is giving the automaker's long-moribund Lincoln brand what his predecessor Alan Mulally never could: a little love and a lot of cash.
By PAUL LIENERT AND BERNIE WOODALL
Microsoft sales beat Street hopes, cloud profits up
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) reported higher-than-expected quarterly revenue, helped by stronger sales of its phones, Surface tablets and cloud-computing products for companies, while keeping its profit margins largely intact.
By BILL RIGBY
U.S. prosecutors probe Takata Corp over statements: WSJ
U.S. federal prosecutors are trying to determine whether Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp (7312.T) misled U.S. regulators about the number of defective air bags it sold to automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and Honda Motor Co Ltd (7267.T), The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
By Emily Flitter; Additional reporting by Ben Kalyman; Editing by Andre Grenon, Sandra Maler and Leslie Adler
