31.   Even as some Japanese companies are being forced to close factories at home, much the same process is occurring at their operations around the region.

32.   Even when weak automakers are bought, few factories are closed.

33.   Factories will be closed on Monday, as will some schools, while others will open for half a day.

34.   First Chrysler and Ford, and now GM, have closed factories or sold them to buyers that quickly negotiated much stingier contracts.

35.   Ford Motor Co. decided to build its new Ka model in Valencia and Renault SA is expanding production in Spain even as it closes factories in Belgium.

36.   Ford Motor has avoided closing factories so far, except because of parts shortages, but its officials have been warning that the entire industry is slowing down.

37.   Green cut costs and closed factories.

38.   Globalization is putting downward pressure on union wages as companies continue to close unionized factories and move work overseas.

39.   Hard times prevailing throughout Georgia have closed local factories and left most of the Jews unemployed.

40.   GM could stop production of some unprofitable models, like the Buick Riviera, without closing factories or affecting employment.