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About 5K GM salaried workers take buyouts, avoiding layoffs

About 5K GM salaried workers take buyouts, avoiding layoffs

DETROIT (AP) — About 5,000 white-collar workers at General Motors took the company's buyout offers , which the automaker says is enough to avoid layoffs at this time.
Auto sales rise 3.7 per cent in March from a year earlier

Auto sales rise 3.7 per cent in March from a year earlier

TORONTO — DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. says auto sales rose 3.7 per cent in March from a year earlier for a fifth month in a row of gains.
Group steers Swiss billionaire's money to liberal causes

Group steers Swiss billionaire's money to liberal causes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Berger Action Fund is a nondescript name for a group with a rather specific purpose: steering the wealth of Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss billionaire, into the world of American politics and policy.
McDonald's temporarily closes US offices ahead of layoffs

McDonald's temporarily closes US offices ahead of layoffs

NEW YORK — McDonald’s has closed its U.S. offices through Wednesday and told its corporate staff to work remotely as it prepares to announce a round of layoffs. In a memo to workers posted on the website TheLayoff.

Distraction, speeding, alcohol drive up 2021 traffic deaths

DETROIT (AP) — Nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021, the highest number in 16 years with deaths due to speeding and impaired or distracted driving on the rise.
Romanian, German, Moldovan leaders meet in Bucharest

Romanian, German, Moldovan leaders meet in Bucharest

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travelled to Romania’s capital on Monday for trilateral talks with the presidents of Romania and Moldova, as the three nations look to boost ties on a range of topics amid Russia’s ongoing war i
'We’ll kill you': Troops film boys' killings in Burkina Faso

'We’ll kill you': Troops film boys' killings in Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — It was a walk 16-year-old Adama had done countless times, feeding the cows not far from his grandmother’s house in northern Burkina Faso. But one day in mid-February, the teen didn’t come home.
'We’ll kill you': Troops film boys' killings in Burkina Faso

'We’ll kill you': Troops film boys' killings in Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — It was a walk 16-year-old Adama had done countless times, feeding the cows not far from his grandmother's house in northern Burkina Faso.
Bank survey shows Japan's businesses turning pessimistic

Bank survey shows Japan's businesses turning pessimistic

TOKYO (AP) — Business sentiment among big Japanese manufacturers worsened in the first quarter of this year in the fifth straight decline, according to a central bank survey released Monday.
Tesla sales rise 36% in first quarter, following price cuts

Tesla sales rise 36% in first quarter, following price cuts

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla's first-quarter vehicle sales rose 36% after the company cut prices twice in a bid to stimulate demand.
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