MANUFACTURING

The Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 52.5 from 53.3 in November, hitting a three-month low.

Indian manufacturing activity expanded at its fastest pace in two years in December as new orders flooded in.

The data put a final sluggish stamp on what has been a surprisingly grim fourth quarter for the world's second-largest economy.

General Motors has developed contingency plans in case recalls of potentially lethal Takata-made air bag inflators widens.

The gloomy report reinforces investors' fears that the world's second-largest economy is losing momentum.

There were 589 mining-related accidents in China last year and about 1,049 people have been killed or reported missing in these incidents.

An Oct. 30 complaint alleges that a crash of a 2007 Ford Mustang caused a metal fragment to injure the driver when the air bag deployed.

The odor from the leak reached 40 miles.

Toyota is the largest seller of automobiles in the world, having recently pulled ahead of other players like Volkswagen and General Motors.

Boeing has been operating in Japan for the last 60 years and considers the country to be one of its strongest markets.

Workers were told to delete and destroy results of three-month-long secret tests conducted by Takata on its air bags in the U.S.

Despite strained relations between East and West right now, Russia has delivered the last batch of U.S.-built helicopters to the Afghan military.

The most expensive military airplane ever has marked a milestone, landing for the first time on an aircraft carrier.

The plant was Nokia's largest outside Europe, but Microsoft's to terminate a purchase agreement meant that the closure was more than likely.

The country’s Purchasing Managers Index came in at 50.8. Economists had expected better performance.

After months of tension with the U.S., Israel has backed out of a deal to buy V-22 Osprey aircraft, but agreed to buy 31 F-35 jets.

The Obama administration announced plans Monday to boost manufacturing job creation. Progress has been slow.

The Asian giant is playing catch-up in industrial robotics as its labor costs rise and automation costs drop.

The additional charge could be part of a broader estimate for a global recall, which began in 2008, a Reuters report said.

Taiwan has four aging submarines including two that date back to World War II although its military is otherwise considered generally modern.

The world’s top aerospace giant says military aircraft orders up 3 percent. Company has 5,500 commercial aircraft on back order.

Xiaomi may want to manufacture in India, but the country's all-but-absent electronics manufacturing ecosystem will be a big obstacle.

The company is reshaping its portfolio of businesses to grow its industrial segment and shed its finance and appliance businesses.

The drop in factory orders, the sharpest since 2009, was driven by weak foreign demand amid tensions with Russia.

GM said Jeffrey Massimilla will assume the role of chief product cybersecurity officer.

The unexpected boom in consumer demand for newly built residences may lift the domestic housing market for the full year.

Thursday's winning bid sent shares in Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors and Hyundai Mobis plunging, wiping out $8 billion in shareholder value.

The study found that 28 percent of the industry’s workers, 32 percent of whom are migrants, were engaged in forced labor.

Calls are getting louder for new economic stimulus, by China's central bank or by its government.