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The end of the line for California automaking

Toyota will shut down the joint venture it operated with General Motors in Fremont in March, eliminating 4,700 jobs. Sagging sales and GM’s bankruptcy are blamed. Toyota Motor Corp.’s decision to abandon its assembly line in Fremont marks the end of large-scale auto manufacturing in California, which over the years …

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Workers say Obama treated autos worse than Wall St

DETROIT – (AP) Many assembly line autoworkers reacted with skepticism and anger Monday to the Obama administration’s tough tactics, which stoked long-simmering feelings that the people who put the country on wheels get treated differently than the wizards of Wall Street.   &qu

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