Durable goods orders rise 3 percent in January
(AP)
 AP - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods shot up in January by the largest amount in six months, but the strength came from a surge in demand for commercial aircraft.
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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:21 ]
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Senate panel to review Toyota recalls
(AP)
 AP - Toyota Motor Corp. faces more questions from Congress over its troubled safety record when top company officials testify Tuesday at a Senate hearing on the automakers huge worldwide recall of 8.5 million vehicles.
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Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:14 ]
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Lexus driver to describe 6 miles of terror
(AP)
 AP - Rhonda Smiths story of six miles of interstate terror, as her Lexus suddenly zoomed to 100 miles per hour, will set the mood Tuesday for the first congressional hearing on Toyotas acceleration problems.
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Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:31 ]
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Toyota hearings may lead to new auto safety rules
(AP)
 AP - After skewering top Toyota executives in three congressional hearings, lawmakers and federal safety officials will now decide if the auto industry needs new regulations to ensure that the companys huge safety recalls arent repeated.
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:49 ]
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Lawmakers blast Toyota, agency at hearing
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Lawmakers appeared to be looking for somebody to hang on Wednesday over Toyota Motor Corps scandal-plagued vehicles. In their sights were the car companys executives and a government watchdog agency.
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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:21 ]
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STIMULUS WATCH: Less stimulus for minority firms
(AP)
 AP - Hispanic and black businesses are receiving a disproportionately small number of federal stimulus contracts, creating a rising chorus of demands for the Obama administration to be more inclusive and more closely track who receives government-financed work.
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:33 ]
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Toyota CEO apologizes for recall, accidents
(AP)
 AP - Japanese formality meets freewheeling Washington as the mysterious scion of the Toyota empire apologizes before a House committee investigating deadly flaws that sparked the recall of 8.5 million cars.
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Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:16 ]
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IBM denies tax evasion in Japan
(AFP)
 AFP - IBM Japan on Thursday denied it had evaded taxes after news reports said authorities were probing whether it had failed to declare more than 4.4 billion dollars in income.
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:56 ]
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Bernanke to wage fresh battle for Fed powers
(AP)
 AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke plans to wage a fresh battle against Senate efforts to scale back the Feds role in supervising the nations banks.
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:12 ]
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Oil prices lose ground
(AFP)
 AFP - World oil prices weakened on Thursday as a stronger dollar sapped investors enthusiasm for crude, traders said.
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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:21 ]
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American Equity execs to pay $1M in SEC probe deal
(AP)
AP - American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. on Wednesday said two top executives will pay more than $1 million in penalties as part of a settlement of a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry into disclosures on a company proxy statement.
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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:43 ]
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