A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday: ___ PITTSBURGH — Leaders of the world's major economies began gathering for a two-day "checkup" summit aimed at making sure a fledgling global recovery remains on track while laying down tougher ...

A conference here Wednesday will bring together Canadian automotive experts and others to discuss starting Canada's own car company. Currently, Canadian factories assemble Japanese and US cars for North American markets, but none are "homegrown," said DriveNorth conference organizer Scott Paterson. "While other G8 countries create cars, Canada assembles cars, mainly America's cars," he told AFP. "And that ...

General Motors may have a plan to resurrect the well-liked Pontiac G8 sports sedan, which goes away this month as the automaker emerges from bankruptcy as a smaller company. GM stopped production of the car in June, but there is talk of bringing it back as the Chevrolet Caprice.