
By Nathan Bomey
Ford and General Motors reported stronger sales in China during the first half of 2014.

By Nathan Bomey
Ford and General Motors reported stronger sales in China during the first half of 2014.
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GM and its joint ventures in China posted record sales during the first half of the year and June.

By Ed Stoddard and Wendell Roelf
General Motors suspended production at its main South African plant after a strike hit parts supplies, the U.S. automaker said on Friday, becoming the latest victim of relentless labor unrest in Africa’s most advanced economy.Violence erupted on some picket lines, as the wage strike by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) dealt a further blow to an economy damaged by a five-month walkout in the platinum industry that only ended last week.
By Bernie Woodall and Paul Lienert
General Motors ongoing safety crisis over deadly ignition switches deepened on Monday with the recall of 8.23 million mostly older cars linked by the U.S. automaker to three deaths.

General Motors said Monday it will pay at least $1 million in compensation to the families of each person killed in accidents apparently caused by defective ignition switches in its cars.