SAFETY

The leaders of Germany and France clinched a deal on a joint European-IMF financial safety net for debt-stricken Greece at a EU summit on Thursday, in an effort to restore confidence in the euro.

The leaders of Germany and France clinched agreement on a joint European-IMF financial safety net for debt-stricken Greece just before an EU summit on Thursday, the French president's office said.

EU leaders edged toward consensus on a financial safety net for Greece on strict German conditions ahead of a key summit Thursday after the European Central Bank threw Athens a major reprieve on funding rules.

Canadian lawmakers accused Toyota Motor Corp executives on Tuesday of waiting too long to inform the government of problems with faulty accelerators in some of the company's vehicles.

Canadian lawmakers accused Toyota Motor Corp executives on Tuesday of waiting too long to inform the government of problems with faulty accelerators in some of the company's vehicles.

Toyota Motor Corp said it had found no flaw with its throttle controls as it seeks to dismiss an external study critical of its electronic safety systems.

Japanese carmakers are considering following Toyota Motor's lead in adopting a brake override system that would potentially address all sources of unintended acceleration, including driver error.

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 controls.

Greece targeted civil servants, the rich and the church on Wednesday in a sweeping new 4.8 billion euro ($6.5 billion) austerity program designed to secure European help to tackle its crippling debt burden.

Support grew for changes to vehicle braking systems, as a congressional hearing into unintended acceleration confronted Toyota Motor Corp executives with a 2006 internal document warning of quality problems.

U.S. auto sales stalled in February as a safety crisis sent Toyota Motor Corp reeling, allowing Ford Motor Co to leap into the industry's top spot for the first time since 1998.

U.S. auto sales stalled in February as a safety crisis sent Toyota Motor Corp reeling and cleared the way for Ford Motor Co to take the industry's top spot by sales for the first time since 1998.

As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to present its National Broadband Plan to Congress March 17, the agency released details of its plans, including a promise to find 500MHz of spectrum for wireless broadband and a request for Congress to cough up $16 billion.

Toyota Motor Corp let profits trump decision-making on safety and U.S. regulators failed to aggressively oversee the automaker in the years leading up to recent big recalls, a leading U.S. senator said on Tuesday.

Toyota Motor Corp executives in North America will have more authority over recall decision-making under quality control changes that will also give safety a sharper focus in vehicle design, company officials said on Tuesday.

Toyota Motor Corp will roll out an aggressive incentive program for U.S. consumers in March, including zero-percent financing for five years and two-year free maintenance, a source briefed on the matter said on Monday.

Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda had a cordial and open meeting on Thursday with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood before thanking workers in Kentucky for supporting him during his appearance before Congress.

Toyota North America President Yoshimi Inaba and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will testify before a Senate committee next week.

Toyota Motor Corp's president apologized to U.S. lawmakers and ended the day in tears, marking a potential climax to his company's safety crisis.

Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda apologized to U.S. lawmakers probing the automaker's safety record and ended the day in tears.

President Akio Toyoda apologized to lawmakers probing the automaker's safety record but ended the day in tears, worried his message went lost in translation.