Navistar losses grow; shutdown slated

Truck maker Navistar International Corp. today reported itsfourth straight quarterly loss and said it expects to shut down truckassembly operations for four to five weeks in its fiscal fourthquarter.

A one-week shutdown of Navistar's Springfield, Ohio, assemblyplant occurred in early August, and Navistar workers will get aroutine vacation week off next week, said spokeswoman Mary Moster.

She said further shutdowns of three to four weeks could affectas many as 4,000 hourly workers - 3,200 at the Springfield plant and800 at a smaller assembly plant in Chatham, Ontario. Navistaremploys about 13,000 people worldwide, Moster said.

Despite cost-cutting and a …