Business - Automotive

DETROIT - General Motors Co. plans to pay all of its $6.7 billion in government loans by the end of June, Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre Jr. said Tuesday. Full Story »

CHICAGO (AFP) - General Motors will repay its US government loans by the end of June, the automaker said Tuesday. Full Story »

FRANKFURT (AFP) - General Motors vice president Walter Borst on Tuesday was named head of the supervisory board at GM's European brand Opel, replacing union leader Klaus Franz who had occupied the position on a temporary basis, Opel said. Full Story »

DETROIT - General Motors Co. said Monday that Ray G. Young will remain with the automaker in a newly created international position after he steps down as chief financial officer. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Ford Motor Co. executive chairman Bill Ford met with President Barack Obama on Monday and endorsed the administration's handling of the struggling auto industry. Full Story »

DETROIT - A Flint manufacturing and office complex that includes a building constructed in the 1920s by the founder of General Motors and that still houses his one-time office will be auctioned off Tuesday. Full Story »

SHANGHAI - Beijing Autos has agreed to buy technology from GM's Saab Automobile, a breakthrough for the Chinese automaker that could clear the way for General Motors Co. to sell the rest of Saab to another buyer. Full Story »

TOKYO (AFP) - Toyota Motor said Monday that it plans to begin commercial sales of its first plug-in hybrid vehicle in about two years, aiming to meet growing demand for fuel-efficient cars. Full Story »

STOCKHOLM/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Sports-car maker Spyker is still in talks to buy Saab, the Dutch company's top executive said on Sunday after a report China's BAIC had agreed with General Motors to buy some of the Swedish company's assets. Full Story »

STOCKHOLM - General Motors Co. is in talks to sell parts of Saab Automobile's old technology to a Chinese company and the entire brand to another buyer, a person familiar with the negotiations said Sunday. Full Story »

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Volkswagen, Europe?s biggest carmaker, began production of its popular mass-market Polo hatchback in India on Saturday and said it aimed to grab up to 10 percent of the fast-growing automobile market. Full Story »

BERLIN - General Motors Co. will not move its European headquarters to Germany as previously announced, an Opel spokesman said Saturday. Full Story »

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Volkswagen, Europe?s biggest carmaker, began production of its popular mass-market Polo hatchback in India on Saturday and said it aimed to grab up to 10 percent of the rapidly growing market. Full Story »

DETROIT - Leaders of the United Auto Workers union plan to nominate top Ford Motor Co. negotiator Bob King to be the union's next president, according to a person familiar with the process. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department has told four bailed-out companies that they can't pay some top earners more than $500,000 cash per year. But it's told the official who made that decision that the rule shouldn't always apply. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - House passes bill overhauling financial regulations, letting feds break up big risky companies. Full Story »

FRANKFURT - General Motors Co.'s restructuring plan for its Opel and Vauxhall operations likely will be delayed until January, the car maker's top European executive says. Full Story »

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Auto safety products maker Autoliv Inc. said Friday that it is raising its fourth quarter sales and margin guidance due to higher than expected demand from China and automakers rebuilding inventories. Its shares rose almost 5 percent. Full Story »