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...And having overcome a challenge that has so far confounded General Motors, Toyota and Volkswagen, the company and its ebullient head have brought a far larger one into view: making affordable, mass-market...
...(Financial Times) “Ford Motor is to develop its hybrid drive technology for light trucks independently of Japan’s Toyota after the pair broke off co-operation in the field amid robust statements from Ford...
...at Brown Brothers Harriman....
...Toyota is launching its Entune infotainment system with the new Prius V hybrid car this year....
...On Wednesday, US durable goods sales were weak across the board, and sales of new homes in the US in July were the slowest on record by some measures....
...Eurozone retail sales in July were also behind forecasts. Asia is a mixed bag of prospects and its stock markets reflected that....
...Babcock & Brown Power, the investment fund, dropped 9.8 per cent to A$0.04 after S&P said it was removing the company from the benchmark index in a rebalancing....
...Toyota Motor, the world’s second biggest carmaker after General Motors in the US, had its worst week for 21 years....
...Cheaper oil and a generally weaker yen during the day helped Japan’s car makers and big exporters – as both help sales in the US, a key market....
...Automakers also fell, with Honda losing 1.7 per cent to Y3,580 and Toyota dropping 1.8 per cent to Y4,830. A local report said Toyota would reduce its global sales target for the year....
...Babcock & Brown fell by 17.2 per cent to A$1.95. Macquarie dropped by more than 3.0 per cent but closed 0.5 per cent lower to A$37.00....
...The S&P/ASX 200 closed 2.96 per cent down at 5,788.00, a four-month low. Investment bank Babcock & Brown dropped 8.30 per cent to A$21.00. Westpac Banking closed 2.75 per cent lower at A$25.14....
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...Toyota is raising its stake in a maker of batteries for hybrid engines....
...Proving the effectiveness of a campaign in raising sales, when any business has myriad other factors at work, is a difficult if unavoidable task....
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