Here are your top business and financial news headlines for Monday, April 16, 2012: – Chinese firms are increasing their acquisitions in Japan – Carlyle Group LP seeks to raise over $700M as company prepares for IPO – Singapore’s Temasek bought $2.3B worth of ICBC’s Hong Kong-listed shares from Goldman Sachs – Toyota to unveil [...]

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Here are your top business and financial headlines for Tuesday, April 10, 2012: – Bernanke: more regulatory action may be needed to safeguard money-market mutual funds – Toyota reorganizes vehicle-development system – Gold gained for a fourth day in London – Honda to launch 10 more car models in China by 2015 – Sharp seeks [...]

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Ladies and gentlemen, the future is now. Google has taken the wraps off its new self-driving car, and the results are amazing. Accompanied by Morgan Hill Police Department Sergeant Troy Hoefling, Santa Clara Valley Blind Center CEO Steve Mahan recently got to test out Google’s modified Toyota Prius, an autonomous vehicle built on technology revealed by [...]

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The woes just keep piling up for Toyota as the automaker has announced another massive recall. This time, the company is recalling about 682,000 cars and trucks in the U.S. to fix some faulty break light switches while also fixing an issue with its pickups’ steering wheel assemblies. The news is the latest in a [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Thursday, November 10, 2011: – Penn State football coach Joe Paterno to retire – Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi pledges to resign – Iran vows nuclear program progress – Toyota recalls 550,000 cars

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If you drive a Toyota, there’s a new Toyota recall you need to be aware of that affects over half a million vehicles. Toyota Motor Co. is recalling 550,000 vehicles worldwide, including over 420,000 here in the U.S., to replace an engine component that could hamper steering. The Japanese automaker made the announcement this afternoon. [...]

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More sad racing news today, as off-road racing champ Rick Huseman and his brother were among three people who died in a small plane crash in the Southern California desert. Huseman, 38; his 26-year-old brother, Jeffrey Huseman, and 35-year-old Daniel Hicks were all killed when the small plane crashed yesterday afternoon. On Saturday, Huseman had participated [...]

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You know how when you were a kid, you used to love when the car windows got all fogged up and you could write on them? Then, your parents would yell at you for streaking up the windows? What if you could do it without getting in trouble?  Man, where were these when I was [...]

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Workers at a coffee shop in Massachusetts got an unwelcome surprise when a driver lost control of her minivan and crashed through the front of the shop on Friday morning. “I just thought she was going to come up the curb at first when I saw it, and then it just came crashing through the [...]

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This has got to seem like deja vu all over again for Toyota, as the nation’s largest car company is recalling 2.17 million vehicles in the U.S. due to problems that can cause sudden acceleration. The 2011 Toyota recall affects six models and addresses potential issues that could entrap the gas pedal, leading to loss [...]

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Looks like Toyota owners are in for another major headache.  The world’s largest automaker confirmed plans today to recall nearly 1.4 million vehicles globally, for issues including everything from oil leaks to faulty fuel pumps and fuel lines. The recall affects approximately 245,000 Lexus IS and GS models in the U.S. market for the fuel [...]

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There is yet another big product recall today as Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 1.53 million Avalon, Lexus, and several other models for faulty fuel pumps and issues regarding braking fluid. The Toyota recall is the most recent in a plethora of quality challenges for the world’s number one auto-maker. Toyota has announced that it [...]

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