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Honda to Recall 440,000 Cars Globally Over Airbags
TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co said on Wednesday it would recall 437,763 vehicles globally for defective airbags.The automaker said that this includes 4,042 cars in Japan and that there had been no accidents related to the airbags reported outside the United States.Reporting by Taiga Uranaka
Tags: Car, Honda Motor Co., Automotive, Us
News items 2010-02-09
Wall St Rises on Reports of Help For Greece
By Caroline ValetkevitchNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow posted its largest one-day percentage gain in three months on Tuesday, boosted by reports of an aid plan for heavily indebted Greece.A senior German ruling coalition source said euro zone governments have decided in principle to help Greece, comments that calmed investors...
Tags: Greece, The Dow Chemical Co., Wall, Caterpillar Inc., Chevron Corp., Coca-Cola Co., Exxon Mobil Corp., The Walt Disney Co.
News items 2010-02-09
Inside Toyota's Epic Breakdown
By Nathan Layne, Taiga Uranaka and Kevin KrolickiTOYOTA CITY, Japan/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was on taxpayer-funded life support.But...
Tags: EPIC, Toyota Motor Corp., NHTSA, Automotive, Ron Medford, Us, US
News items 2010-02-09
Toyota Recalls New Prius in Latest Safety Fix
By John Crawley and Soyoung KimWASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - The spiraling crisis at Toyota Motor Corp deepened on Tuesday as the automaker said it would recall thousands of Camry sedans as well as nearly half a million new Prius and other hybrid cars to fix steering and braking problems.U.S. regulators also...
Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Prius, Automotive, Us
News items 2010-02-09
Toyota to Recall More 2010 Camrys in U.S.
DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will recall 7,314 model-year 2010 Camry sedans in the United States due to the risk that a potential defect in steering may make it harder for drivers to stop the vehicle.In a document sent to U.S. dealers on Tuesday and obtained by...
Tags: Toyota Camry, Toyota Motor Corp., Automotive, Camry, Us
News items 2010-02-09
MetLife May Pay AIG in Stock, Cash For Unit: Source
By Paritosh BansalNEW YORK (Reuters) - MetLife Inc MET plans to pay American International Group Inc AIG in stock and cash for American Life Insurance Co Alico, as the two sides negotiate what could be a roughly $15 billion deal, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.MetLife, the...
Tags: Stock, American International Group Inc., MetLife Inc., Alico, Insurance, Investment, Bank of America Corp., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
News items 2010-02-09
Obama Courts Republican Support on Jobs, Deficit
By Jeff MasonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought common ground with Republicans on Tuesday on his top policy priorities of job creation and deficit reduction, winning hints of support in both areas but a rebuke on healthcare reform.Obama, a Democrat, met with congressional leaders from both parties at the...
Tags: Job, Barack Obama, Republican, Recruitment & Staffing, Leadership, Workforce Management, Management, U.S. Senate
News items 2010-02-09
European Governments Agree to Help Greece: Source
By Matthias SobolewskiBERLIN (Reuters) - European governments have agreed in principle to help heavily indebted Greece, a senior German coalition source said on Tuesday, in what would be the first rescue of a euro zone member in the currency's 11-year history."The decision on help for Greece has been taken in...
Tags: Greece, European Union, Government, Vertical Industries, Taxes, Personal Finance, Free Trade, Portuguese Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira
News items 2010-02-09
U.S. Job Openings Rise, Hirings Steady in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings rose in December and the number of unemployed workers fell, according to a government report on Tuesday that supported views the labor market was on the brink of recovery.Job openings edged up to 2.5 million from 2.4 million in November, the Labor Department said...
Tags: Hiring, Job, Worker, Job Opening, Recruitment & Staffing, Workforce Management, Us
News items 2010-02-09
Coca-Cola Volume Improves, Led By Emerging Markets
By Brad DorfmanCHICAGO (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co KO reported a quarterly profit in line with analysts' estimates as strong volume in China, India and Brazil offset a decline in North America.Lower costs also helped lift profit at the world's largest soft-drink maker, which gained market share in both the carbonated...
Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Beverage, Emerging Market, Beverage Unit Case Volume, Analyst, Coke, Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., PepsiAmericas, PepsiCo
News items 2010-02-09
Pulte Posts Smaller Quarterly Loss
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pulte Homes Inc PHM, the biggest U.S. homebuilder, reported a smaller fourth-quarter net loss on Tuesday, helped by tax benefits.The net loss narrowed to $116.9 million, or 31 cents per share, from $338.2 million, or $1.33 per share, a year earlier.Based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Pulte...
Tags: Net Loss, Quarterly Loss, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, D. R. Horton Inc., Pulte Homes Inc., US
News items 2010-02-09
Oil Rises Above $72 on Weaker Dollar, Buying
By Emma FargeLONDON (Reuters) - Oil rose above $72 a barrel on Tuesday due to a weaker U.S. dollar and robust buying interest as investors looked for bargains following last week's price slide to near two-month lows.The U.S. dollar fell from a recent 8-1/2 month high against the euro, on...
Tags: Barrel, Finance, Financial Accounting, Markets, Oil, Us, US
News items 2010-02-09
China's CIC Gives Breakdown of U.S. Equity Stakes
BEIJING (Reuters) - China Investment Corp CIC, the country's $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, has made its biggest U.S. equity bets in natural resources and financial stocks.A filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission detailed equity holdings in U.S. listed companies and funds worth $9.63 billion at the end...
Tags: Stake, CIC, Investment, American International Group Inc., Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Apple Inc., Bank of America Corp., BlackRock Inc., Blackstone Group LP, Certicom Corp., Chesapeake Energy Corp., Citigroup Inc., Coca-Cola Co., Kellogg Co., Morgan Stanley, Tesoro Corp., Valero Energy Corp.
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Swatch Sees Sales Pick-up, Aims For Record Year
By Katie ReidZURICH (Reuters) - Swatch Group, the world's largest watchmaker by sales, said it is aiming for its best year ever in 2010 after seeing a strong pick-up in sales in January and February, easing worries that a flagging economic recovery might hit demand."We see high double-digit sales growth...
Tags: Swatch, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Swatch Group, Us
News items 2010-02-09
Nissan Returns to Q3 Profit, Lifts Forecast
By Yumiko NishitaniYOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co , Japan's third-largest automaker, returned to quarterly profit on Tuesday and lifted its outlook for the second time, as brisk global sales signal the worst may be over for the auto industry.Nissan joins Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co...
Tags: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Yen, Automotive, Us
News items 2010-02-09
Toyota Pledges More Responsiveness to U.S. Regulators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda wrote in an article published on Tuesday that he has promised the top U.S. transportation official the troubled automaker will be more vigilant in the future about responding to safety regulators."I have spoken with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and...
Tags: Regulator, Toyota Motor Corp., Automotive, Toyoda, Us
News items 2010-02-09
UBS Back to Profit in Q4, Outflows Accelerate
By Lisa JuccaZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS UBSNUBS posted its first quarterly net profit since Oswald Gruebel took the helm a year ago but clients withdrew far more money than forecast, signaling he may need more time to steady the ship.UBS, left damaged by the credit crisis and a...
Tags: Bank, UBS AG, Taxes, Bank of America Corp., McCann, Morgan Stanley, Tax, Wells Fargo & Co.
News items 2010-02-09
JAL to Stay With American, End Delta Talks: Source
By Nathan LayneTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Airlines Corp will keep its partnership with American Airlines AMR in the Oneworld alliance due to concerns that forging ties with rival suitor Delta Air Lines DAL would make it difficult to achieve a quick turnaround, a source with knowledge of the matter...
Tags: Alliance, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc., Oneworld, AMR Corp., Antitrust, Anti-trust Immunity, JAL, Qantas Airways Ltd.
News items 2010-02-09
Electronic Arts Outlook Disappoints, Shares Decline
By Gabriel MadwaySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc ERTS warned that fiscal 2011 earnings would miss Wall Street expectations as it grapples with a lack of blockbuster new games after a succession of missed targets and restructurings.Shares of the U.S. video game publisher fell 8 percent after its current-quarter...
Tags: Revenue, Electronic Arts Inc., Analyst, Electronic Arts Outlook, Sales Strategy, Sales, Activision Inc., Game
News items 2010-02-08
Fed's Bullard: May See Asset Sales Late 2010
By Mark Felsenthal and Pedro da CostaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve could sell some assets later this year in an effort to whittle down its bloated balance sheet to avoid inflation, a senior Federal Reserve official said on Monday.The Fed's purchases last year of longer-term Treasuries and other debt,...
Tags: Asset, Federal Reserve Board, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Balance Sheets, Finance, Financial Services, Financial Statements
News items 2010-02-08
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