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The temporary shutdown of the company's 13 factories in North America is inevitable, the company said. How long the production stoppage will last is unknown.

Toyota Motor Co (NYSE:TM) announced earlier today that they will have to close down all of their North American factories by the end of this month due to a parts shortage caused by the damage from the Japanese earthquake and tsuna

Greenlee, a Textron company, has acquired 51% of Shanghai Endura Tools Company, Ltd., a provider of hand tools for the home center, construction, industrial manufacturing and automotive channels. Based in Shanghai, China, Endura e

Toyota (TM) plans to hire 1,370 workers in FY11, reports Nikkei. The automaker plans to hire roughly 10% more than FY10 in an effort to step up development of environmentally friendly cars. Nearly a third of those hires will be en

More than 900 of the company's 5,000 workers will lose their jobs, Reuters reports. AOL will cut about 400 employees in India, outsource another 300 positions and eliminate 200 jobs in the United States, the story said.

AOL (AOL) slips after Reuters reports that the company will cut about 20% of its global workforce to restructure in a bid to catch up with faster moving rivals, a source close to the company said.

That represents 30% to 40% of the company's U.S. employee base currently at 2,275 workers.

Hutchinson Technology has closed multiple plants and cut hundreds of jobs over the past two years as it lost customers during the recession.

The cuts will be made over the next year and will reduce costs by $45 to $60 million per year.

Hutchinson Technology Inc (NASDAQ:HTCH) said today it would cut between 680 and 900 jobs from its U.S. workforce.

Harley-Davidson announced it will move forward with the implementation of a new production system at its Kansas City, Mo. vehicle operations following a vote by the plant's unionized employees ratifying a new seven-year labor agre

Home Depot has said that it will fill the positions before its second annual Spring Black Friday promotion. The workers will be hired and are set to be trained in February and March, according to the company.

The Atlanta company, which currently has more than 300,000 employees, also stated that it will add some permanent part-time and full-time jobs this year, but has not yet specified how many.

Home Depot (HD) announced today that it will add more than 60,000 seasonal workers to help during this spring season, which is typically when it has the highest traffic of customers.

Ford (F) will give its salaried workers bonuses this year, but they will not get raises, the Detroit News reports. Mark Fields, Ford President of the Americas, says the bonuses reflect the carmaker's strong 2010 performance, but w