GM Decline

General Motors, battling a 49 percent decline in U.S. sales through March, plans to shutter most U.S. factories for as long as nine weeks this summer, the Associated Press reported, citing two people familiar with the plan. UAW plant officials say GM plant managers and human resource personnel will meet with the union on Thursday and Friday at some factories to discuss changes in production, according to the AP. 7:11 pm U.S.