1.   Canadian autoworkers normally select a strike target, negotiate three-year contracts, then use that as a pattern in negotiations with the other automakers.

2.   Each of the three automakers reached agreement to sell the mini-vans with Vice Premier Li Lanqing, who is visiting Detroit this week.

3.   Once the union reaches a deal with one automaker, it is expected to follow its custom of pressuring the other two automakers to accept the same terms.

4.   Once a target is selected, negotiations usually slow with the other two automakers.

5.   Once a target is selected, negotiations usually slow down with the other two automakers.

6.   Shares of the three automakers were mixed.

7.   Shares in the three automakers fell.

8.   Shares of the three automakers ended the day mixed.

9.   The announcement from GM pulled down the other automakers.

10.   The declines came even as the two automakers increased global exports to compensate for sagging domestic sales.