05:08 AM EDT, 05/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Toyota Motor ( TM ) was forced to repeatedly halt production at a Mexico facility where it manufactures the Tacoma pickup truck in February and March due to local labor shortages and technical issues, Reuters reported Friday, citing unnamed people with knowledge of the automaker's operations. Internal documents from Toyota ( TM )...

VANCE, Alabama (Reuters) - The outcome of a vote on Friday by workers at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama will be a key referendum on whether the United Auto Workers can maintain momentum in the historically anti-union South. The UAW hopes to continue a run that includes an overwhelming organizing victory at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as well...

04:39 AM EDT, 05/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tesla (TSLA) seeks to build a data center in China to power its cars' self-driving capabilities, Reuters reported Friday, citing unnamed people with knowledge of the matter. According to the sources, the EV maker wants a China data center to develop artificial intelligence algorithms for autonomous vehicles. Such a data center would require...

(Updates to market close) By Summer Zhen HONG KONG, May 17 (Reuters) - China and Hong Kong stocks ended on a buoyant note on Friday as traders cheered Beijing's sweeping steps to stabilise the crisis-hit property sector. Led by homebuilders, most sectors advanced in the noon session after China announced a raft of measures spanning from allowing local governments to...