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Nissan chief welcomes yen fall as a plus for exporting luxury Infiniti brand from Japan
AP Business WriterKAMINOKAWA-MACHI, Japan (AP) — Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn welcomed the yen's recent decline to what he called "neutral" levels for the Japanese automaker's profitability, but said Tuesday it must drop further to be "normal." "The...Tags: Infiniti, Honda, Tokyo (Japan), Vehicles, Toyota Motor Corp.
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Toyota profit booms
Toyota's quarterly profit more than doubled to 313.9 billion yen ($3.2 billion) as cost cuts and better sales worked with a weakening yen to add momentum to the automaker's comeback. Toyota Motor Corp., which last year reclaimed the title of world's...
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Tone uncertain for US high-grade despite rallies, data
ReutersBy John Balassi May 8 (IFR) - Market tone is relatively muted early on Wednesday, despite better than expected trade data from China and German industrial production recording the best print in over a year - not to mention the red-hot rally in equities....Tags: Bonds, Wars and Interventions, Exports, Deutsche Bank AG, DAX
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ACTUALIZA 1-Japonesa Toyota se concentra en bajo riesgo pese a alza de ganancia
Reuters* Ganancia operacional año fiscal 2012/2013 de 1,32 bln yenes * Toyota cumplió con meta de ganancia y margen a mediano plazo (Cambia redacción, agrega detalles, comentarios, firma de autor) Por Yoko Kubota TOKIO, 8 mayo (Reuters) - La japonesa...Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., Thomson Corporation
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At cautious Toyota, low risk rules even as profit booms
Reuters* Operating profit for FY 2012/13 seen at 1.26 tln yen * Toyota likely met mid-term profit and margin goal in FY 2012/13 * Toyota not building new plants for three years By Yoko Kubota TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp refuses to be tempted...Tags: Honda, Vehicles, Fuji Heavy Industries, Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG
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Look to Japan's ageing industrial sprawl for roadblock to Abenomics
ReutersBy Yoko Kubota TOKYO, April 23 (Reuters) - For a close-up view of where Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies could falter, skip across Tokyo Bay to the sprawling Kimitsu steelworks, once a must-see icon of Japan's export boom. By the...Tags: Bonds, Tokyo (Japan), Toyota Motor Corp., Shinzo Abe, Japan
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Toyota re-styles no-frills models to drive China fightback
ReutersBy Norihiko Shirouzu SHANGHAI, April 21 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is giving its Vios and Yaris models a major makeover for China as part of the Japanese group's make-or-break move into the no-frills entry-level segment of the world's biggest autos...Tags: Vehicles, Toyota Motor Corp., Chevrolet, General Motors Corp., Toyota
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Is Prius next after Toyota's decision to produce Lexus in U.S.?
Toyota’s announcement Friday that it will start building the Lexus ES 350 at a factory in Georgetown, Ky., is part of a larger policy of moving production of cars to the markets where they are sold that could result in the automaker's Prius hybrid...
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Toyota will build Lexus sedans at Kentucky plant, adding 750 jobs
Toyota Motor Co. plans to build Lexus cars in the U.S. when it completes an expansion of the factory in Kentucky where it makes the Camry and Avalon sedans. Toyota said Friday it will shift production of the Lexus ES 350 from a factory in Kyushu, Japan,...
Tags: Georgetown, Media Industry, Toyota Motor Corp., Plant Openings, Japan
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Toyota settles with 29 states, American Samoa over recall issues
In its latest bid to put the sudden acceleration matter behind it, Toyota Motor Corp. has reached a $29-million settlement with attorneys general from 29 states and one U.S. territory. The agreement, announced Thursday, was originally approved by...
Tags: Product Recalls, Manufacturing and Engineering, Trials, Toyota Motor Corp., Automotive Equipment
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Lexus has bikini models strut in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
It is like having a “booth babe” come out of the print advertisement. Overseas, Toyota has used a cross-dresser to sex up its advertising. Now the Japanese automaker, known for its conservative cars, is leveraging Sports Illustrated’s...
Tags: Infiniti, Periodicals, Media Industry, Sports Illustrated, Vehicles
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Entry-level luxury sedan competition heats up
Tribune NewspapersDETROIT — Fancy nameplates in the auto business are prepping for a bruising battle for buyers of entry-level luxury sport sedans. At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week, the Germans and Japanese showed a flurry of new...Tags: Auto Shows, Auto Trends, Vehicles, Ford, Lexus
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