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California power outage expected to affect millions

Millions of people were poised to lose electricity throughout northern and central California after Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced Tuesday it would shut off power in the largest preventive outage in state history to try to avert wildfires caused by faulty lines.

Analysts say 23-day UAW strike cost GM 165,000 vehicles

The union is pushing for hourly wage increases versus lump-sum payments favored by the company, according to a person briefed on the talks.

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