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DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC may add a third shift at plants in Michigan and Illinois, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

By Jim Wolf

Regulators are investigating 865,000 General Motors sport utility vehicles for potential faulty fuel gauges that could tell drivers they have more gas than they do.

* In India, Maruti sales up 4.4 pct, slowest in over a yr (Wraps Japan, Korea and India sales numbers)

By Gwladys Fouche

By Rhys Jones

A good bit of economic data will be released ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp's space systems unit said on Tuesday it would cut 1,200 workers, or about 7.5 percent of the division's total workforce, by year's end to reduce costs and improve its competitive standing.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Unions representing workers at Chrysler Group LLC and its Italian partner Fiat SpA are forming a "global network" to share information and best practices, United Auto Workers President Bob King said.

(Reuters) - Daimler Trucks North America, a unit of German auto giant Daimler AG , said it will hire over 1,230 employees as it plans to increase production to accommodate rising customer demand for its Freightliner and Western Star trucks.

China faces a "meaningful probability" of a hard economic landing and the euro zone is storing up problems for the future by not tackling the debt crisis head on, said Nouriel Roubini, the economist who predicted the global financial crisis.

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co on Friday reported a weaker-than-expected gain in June U.S. sales, and said it now expects the industry to finish the year at the lower end of the company's full-year sales forecast.

By Moira Herbst

The Treasury Department said Chrysler has paid off most of its bailout money and the government no longer has a stake in the car maker.

Bangalore (Reuters) - Auto parts maker TRW Automotive Holdings Corp said it received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding an antitrust investigation.

By Moira Herbst

By Bernie Woodall

AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC and the United Auto Workers union expect to reach a deal on a new labor contract without resorting to arbitration, officials for the company and union said on Monday.

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is recalling 16,198 Chevrolet Impala and Buick LaCrosse cars in the United States and Canada to address sensor and power steering problems, the automaker said on Friday.

By Bernie Woodall