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A currency trader smiles in front of a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
(photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
South Korea back on track
Asia Times
| By Robert M Cutler | MONTREAL - The South Korean economy, which last year scraped through the global slowdown without sinking into recession, returned to the recovery path last month after faltering in January, Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun said on Friday, backed by a report that attributed ear...
Obama criticized for Mexico, Brazil sanctions
The Star
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans and business groups on Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama's administration for failing to resolve a cross-border trucking dispute nearly one year after Mexico slapped retaliatory duties on about $2.4 b...
Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway Prius
The Guardian
* U.S. regulators dispatch two investigators to California * Police say vehicle has evidence of heavy brake use (Adds analysis; background) By Steve Gorman and Bernie Woodall LOS ANGELES/DETROIT, March 9 (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota ...
South Korea back on track
Asia Times
| By Robert M Cutler | MONTREAL - The South Korean economy, which last year scraped through the global slowdown without sinking into recession, returned to the recovery path last month after faltering in January, Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun said...
What do customers value most?
The Examiner
| Donna Cunningham checks lottery tickets for a customer at the Meijer convenience store.AP Photo/Darron Cummings Related articles7 deadly signs of retail, stopping customers at the door Consumers see customer service as a dying art Kroger emplo...
The Importance of Ballistic Coefficient at Extended Range
The Examiner
| Get alerts when there is a new article from the Michigan Firearms Examiners. Read Examiner.com's | Extended range shooting-if your firearm has the accuracy and you have the ability-shows the importance of ballistic coefficient. You have access to a...
Obama pushes senators for climate bill
The Examiner
Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - President Barack Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive bill this year. | Fourteen senators from both parties -...
20072008 Toyota Landcruiser (VDJ200R) VX, photographed at the 2008 Australian International Motor Show
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Toyota says no flaw found with safety electronics
The Siasat Daily
| Tokyo, March 09: Toyota Motor Corp on Monday sought to discredit an outside study critical of its electronic safety systems and said it had found no flaw with its throttle contro...
CasinoWindsor in Michigan
GFDL / Mikerussell
Some Mich. cities bet casinos would boost economy
The Examiner
Comments LANSING, Mich. (Map, News) - Jobs are hard to come by in Benton Harbor, a recession-ravaged town of 10,800 on the Lake Michigan shoreline. The city has lost more than 15 p...
Takeshi Uchiyamada, left, Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Corporation, and, Yoshimi Inaba, President and Chief Executive Officer of Toyota Motor North America, Inc., right, pick up their papers after testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at the conclusion of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on the Toyota recalls.
AP / Susan Walsh
House Panel Wants More Records From Toyota
The New York Times
| Lawmakers investigating Toyota’s big recalls said Friday that they were not satisfied the automaker had thoroughly investigated whether a faulty electronic system could be ...
Detroit mayor lays groundwork for downsizing plan
Newsday
| March 9, 2010  DAVID RUNK (Associated Press Writer) | (AP) — Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said Tuesday the city will focus on demolishing thousands of its most dangerous vacant homes and fixing up salvageable ones as he lays the groundwork for a ...
Toyota to expand recall of Tundra pickups for rust
Houston Chronicle
| WASHINGTON - Toyota said Tuesday it will expand a recall announced last year to fix Tundra pickup trucks with frames that could rust and lead to spare tires falling from the vehicle. | Toyota spokesman Brian Lyons said the recall will cover Tundra ...
Toyota to Expand Recall of Tundra Pickups for Rust
The New York Times
| Filed at 9:29 p.m. ET | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Toyota said Tuesday it will expand a recall announced last year to fix Tundra pickup trucks with frames that could rust and lead to spare tires falling from the vehicle. | Toyota spokesman Brian Lyons said...
Obama pushes senators for climate bill
Philadelphia Daily News
| MATTHEW DALY | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive bill this year. | Fourteen senators ...
White House hosts meeting on energy, climate
The Press Democrat
| Fourteen senators from both parties - including several who remain undecided on the climate bill - met for more than an hour with Obama, four Cabinet members and White House energy adviser Carol Browner. | White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Ob...
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CasinoWindsor in Michigan
(photo: GFDL / Mikerussell)
Some Mich. cities bet casinos would boost economy
The Examiner
Comments LANSING, Mich. (Map, News) - Jobs are hard to come by in Benton Harbor, a recession-ravaged town of 10,800 on the Lake Michigan shoreline. The city has lost more than 15 percent of its population in the last two decades. The local government's budget situation is so bad the state might appoint an emergency financial manager. | That's why M...



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