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Toyota ends overtime ban for white-collar staff: report

Toyota Motor Corp, Japan's largest automaker, has lifted a ban prohibiting office staff from working overtime, a move intended to give experienced workers more time to coach younger personnel, the Nikkei business daily said.

Ford sees Sept U.S. auto sales up from August

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Ford Motor Co President for the Americas Mark Fields said on Thursday he expects September U.S. light vehicle sales to top the 11.5 million annualized sales rate from August, which matches analysts' forecasts.

Democrats unveil global drug safety bill

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U.S. inspections of overseas pharmaceutical plants would increase and regulators would gain new recall power under proposals unveiled by Democrats in the House of Representatives on Monday.
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Toyota readies electric car offensive

Toyota Motor Corp will offer a plug-in version of its Prius positioned to be the cheapest green car of its kind by 2012 and could have two electric cars in the U.S. market by that time, executives said on Monday.
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BP to pay record fine for Texas safety violations

BP Plc has agreed to pay a record $50.6 million fine for safety violations from a deadly 2005 explosion at its troubled Texas City, Texas refinery, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said Thursday.
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EU's $580 billion safety fund up and running

A European Union financial stability fund with the potential to raise up to 440 billion euros ($580 billion) to help EU countries weather debt problems is now fully operational, officials said on Friday.
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EU's $581 billion safety fund up and running

A European Union financial stability fund with the potential to raise up to 440 billion euros ($580.7 billion) to help countries weather debt problems is now fully operational, officials said on Friday.
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Lawsuit claims Toyota ignored safety issues

Toyota Motor Co ignored evidence of acceleration problems in its vehicles for most of the past decade and failed to install a brake override system it knew could have prevented accidents.
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Slovaks approve euro safety net, clear activation

The Slovak government approved the euro zone's emergency loan facility on Thursday, yielding to pressure from its European partners to drop its resistance. The euro area's poorest member, led by the new centre-right cabinet of Prime Minister Iveta Radicova, had been holding up the 750-billion euro European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) after objections to bailouts became a campaign issue in the country's June election.
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Toyota blames driver error for some unwanted speeding

Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday its investigation of nearly 2,000 cases of unintended acceleration had found no problem with its electronic throttle system, and that driver error was to blame in some cases.
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Facebook launches child safety application

Social networking website Facebook has agreed to adopt an application aimed at improving the online safety of its younger users, a child protection group said on Monday.
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Yen dips, longs shed on Japan ruling party woes

The yen eased on Monday after election results showed political uncertainty lay ahead for Japan, but the move was likely to be short-lived with attention turning the U.S. earnings season as a gauge of risk appetite.
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Oil rises toward $76

Oil rose toward $76 a barrel on Friday, heading for its biggest weekly gain since May, after a drop in U.S. inventories and positive economic indicators lifted risk appetite and sentiment across markets. European stocks were up following a rally in Asia, and the euro held near a two-month high, following a fall in U.S. jobless claims and an upbeat view of the euro zone's recovery from the European Central Bank.
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EU agency probes safety of Glaxo's Avandia drug

European regulators are launching a new probe into the safety of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes pill Avandia, adding to pressure on a medicine that already faces a grilling from U.S. experts next week.
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Toyota to make Corollas in Mississippi in 2011

Toyota Motor Corp is resuming construction of a plant in Mississippi that was put on hold during the economic downturn, and plans to make its top-selling Corolla sedan there starting in autumn 2011.

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