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A key gauge of Japan's corporate capital spending fell more than expected in September and manufacturers expect a further drop this quarter as business confidence sags in the face of the strong yen and slowing global growth.

The impact of Thailand's floods on Honda Motor Co has extended to a fourth continent, while in contrast Toyota Motor Corp showed further signs of recovery from the disaster.

Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling about 550000 vehicles worldwide to replace an engine component that could hamper steering. This will include 420,000 in the U.S. Nearly 27,000 vehicles were recalled in Canada and 38,000 recalled in Japan.

Toyota has recalled 550,000 cars worldwide with more than 420,000 sent back from the United States due to a steering malfunction, the Japanese manufacturer has reported.

Toyota has withdrawn its profit and sales forecasts for the full fiscal year given the continuing uncertainties posed by the Thai flooding.

Toyota, Bank of America, Priceline, DryShips, Rockwell Automation and Activision Blizzard are among the stocks that may see active trading on Nov.8.

Toyota Motor Corp posted a 32 percent drop in quarterly operating profit and withdrew its full-year profit forecasts.

As Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda passed the banged-up Aston Martin Zagato in his Lexus LFA on the Nuerburgring race track last month, he figured that was it for the British race car.

Microsoft will release a commercial software development kit for the Kinect in early 2012.

Honda Motor Co. withdrew its annual earnings guidance in an unusual move on Monday due to uncertainty surrounding currency markets and Thailand's floods just as it was starting to recover from the March earthquake and tsunami.

The Nikkei average edged lower, giving up sharp morning gains made after Japanese authorities intervened to curb persistent yen strength as investors locked in profits on concerns the yen won't stay down for long.

In the early days of Thailand's devastating floods, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was seen knee-deep in muddy waters in wading boots, greeting evacuated villagers, surrounded by clicking cameras, and appearing to take charge.

Traffic clogged roads out of Bangkok Friday as tens of thousands of people fled ahead of a high tide expected to worsen floods that have inundated factories and prompted foreign governments to warn their citizens to stay away.

Japanese factory output fell in September for the first time since the devastating March earthquake, a sign the economy's recovery from the disaster is tailing off in the face of slowing global growth, the strong yen and Europe's lingering debt woes.

On Friday, hundreds of members of the public flocked in to the cold room in which Gadhafi's body was laid on a mattress. But on Saturday, his body was covered by a blanket, leaving only his head exposed. The bruises on his torso and scratch marks on his chest were hidden.

The Tokyo Electric Power Co. is likely to sell a 20 percent stake in wind power developer Eurus Energy Holdings to trading firm Toyota Tsusho to help raise funds to compensate victims of Japan's nuclear crisis, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Libyan forces guarding Muammar Gaddafi's body in a cold storage room on Saturday let in members of the public to view the deposed leader for a second day, but the wounds that may hold the clue to how he died were covered up.

Muammar Gaddafi made his final dash for freedom shortly before dawn prayers. Libya's leader, a few dozen loyal bodyguards and the head of his now non-existent army Abu Bakr Younis Jabr, broke out of the two-month siege of his hometown Sirte and, forming a convoy of six dozen vehicles, raced through the outskirts to the west.

Frankie Edgar put a fourth-round stoppage on Gray Maynard Saturday night at the Toyota Center in the UFC 136 main event, which allowed the lightweight champion to settle the score with the only man to ever have defeated him.

Canadian auto sales fell in September, extending a volatile year with Chrysler's strong performance the lone bright spot among the top manufacturers.

David Lavau, 68, who had been reported missing on Sept. 23, was rescued last Thursday by his three adult children from the bottom of a rugged ravine located at Angeles National Forest, approximately 50 miles north of Los Angeles, authorities have confirmed.