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Auto Workers' Bonuses Surge as Companies Post Gains

Workers at domestic car factories are reaping the benefits of America's increasing demand for high-margin pickups and sport-utility vehicles, with union employees expected to take home among the biggest bonus checks ever.

Ford Sees Lower 2017 Profits

Ford Motor reported a fourth-quarter loss, reflecting pension accounting and write downs for abandoning a planned factory in Mexico, and reaffirmed its forecast that profits for 2017 would be lower.

Fiat Chrysler's 4Q Profit Doubles

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles reported a doubling of its fourth-quarter profit partly through avoiding a repeat of extra costs incurred to adjust production in the U.S. at the end of the previous year.

How a Trump tariff could sideswipe US auto industry

The threat from President Donald Trump to tax Mexican-made cars sold in the U.S. would throw the industry into disarray, analysts say, forcing some uncomfortable choices: Raise car prices or swallow the cost.