WORLD

WORLD

GM workers in Brazil stage slowdowns

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Workers at a General Motors plant in Brazil began staging slowdowns Tuesday to protest the layoff of 800 temporary workers, union officials said.

Union spokesman Rodrigo Correia said that some 3,000 morning shift workers “paralyzed their assembly line activities for one hour” and another 3,000 workers on the evening shift are expected to do the same. More slowdowns are scheduled for Thursday, he added.

NATION

Report: Yahoo settles on choice for chief executive

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. appears to have settled on Silicon Valley veteran Carol Bartz as its new chief executive, ushering in a no-nonsense leader known for developing a clear focus — something that has eluded the struggling Internet company during a three-year slump.

The decision, reported Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal, would end Yahoo’s two-month search to replace co-founder Jerry Yang, who surrendered the CEO reins after potentially lucrative deals with rivals Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. both collapsed. Yahoo spokesman Brad Williams declined to comment on the Journal’s report.

Associated Press