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GM back in the black

CNN.com - Business — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:28:55 +0000

General Motors returned to profitability in the first three months of the year, the automaker reported Monday. It was GM’s first profit since 2007.

GM back in black

CNN.com - Business — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:40:45 +0000

General Motors returned to profitability in the first three months of the year, the automaker reported Monday, its first profit since 2007.

Toyota recall: What took so long?

CNN.com - Business — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:50 +0000

Lawmakers grilled Toyota’s president, Akio Toyoda, in a hearing Wednesday aimed at discovering, among other things, why the automaker was slow to respond to safety issues related to sudden acceleration.

Toyota president set to testify

CNN.com - Business — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:41:12 +0000

Akio Toyoda, the president of Toyota, acknowledged in prepared remarks made public Tuesday that the automaker’s efforts to expand resulted in lax safety standards and pledged new steps to ensure quality control.

U.S. demands Toyota recall papers

CNN.com - Business — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:27:45 +0000

U.S. government regulators said Tuesday they have demanded documents from Toyota to determine if the automaker conducted its recent recalls in a timely manner.

Relatively few complain about Toyota

CNN.com - Business — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:09:48 +0000

Despite a torrent of high-profile recalls that have tarnished Toyota’s once stellar reputation, a study published Wednesday reveals that the automaker actually gets fewer customer complaints per car than the majority of its competitors.

Honda expands airbag recall

CNN.com - Business — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:31:44 +0000

Honda has expanded an airbag recall worldwide, covering 2001 and 2002 Accord, Civic, Odyssey, CR-V, and selected 2002 Acura TL vehicles, the automaker said.

Toyota recalls 400,000-plus hybrids

CNN.com - Business — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:17:48 +0000

Toyota’s president apologized profusely Tuesday as he announced the global recall of more than 400,000 of the automaker’s 2010 hybrid models, including the popular Prius, for problems in their anti-lock braking systems.

Toyota: Recall before fix was best way

CNN.com - Business — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:56:07 +0000

The financial impact of recalling millions of vehicles for a gas pedal flaw is expected to be significant for Toyota, but the automaker thinks it made the right call in announcing the pullback before it had a fix in place, an executive said Tuesday.

Toyota to unveil fix for gas pedals

CNN.com - Business — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:58:29 +0000

Toyota is set to provide details about its plan to fix recalled gas pedals in the United States early Monday morning. The automaker said in a media advisory that it will make an announcement at 11.30 GMT.