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Toyota mulls Japan price hike amid soaring costs
(AP) Toyota mulls Japan price hike amid soaring costs
By YURI KAGEYAMA
AP Business Writer
TOKYO
The soaring cost of steel has Toyota considering raising prices in Japan without a model makeover for the first time in three decades, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday.
Speculation has been rife Toyota Motor Corp. will be forced to announce higher prices in Japan _ a move even Toyota acknowledges could be critically damaging for an ...Full Story
Survey: Many Wash. farmworkers indigenous Mexicans
(AP) Survey: Many Wash. farmworkers indigenous Mexicans
By MANUEL VALDES
Associated Press Writer
SEATTLE
Indigenous Mexicans make up nearly a quarter of the farmhands who pick the apples, cherries and other crops in western Washington, a new survey has found.
The survey _ "A Sustainable Bounty: Inve...Full Story Group says climate resolutions increase
Support for climate-change proposals may be growing among investors in big U.S. companies.
Shareholder resolutions related to climate change more than doubled over the past five years, according to statistics gathered by a coalition of public interest groups, environmental organizations and pension...Full Story Oil up slightly in Asia ahead of inventory report
Oil prices rose slightly in Asia on Wednesday to near $115 a barrel as investors awaited a weekly crude inventory report for evidence an economic slowdown in the U.S. is cutting consumer demand for oil products such as gasoline.
Light, sweet crude for September delivery was up 55 cents at $115.08 b...Full Story Soaring costs has Toyota mulling Japan price hike
(AP) Soaring costs has Toyota mulling Japan price hike
By YURI KAGEYAMA
AP Business Writer
TOKYO
Soaring material costs has Toyota considering raising prices in Japan without a model makeover for the first time in three decades, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday.
Speculation has been rife Toyota...Full Story States push laws to require paid sick days
For school bus driver Jamille Aine, a cold is more than an inconvenience. His employer does not offer paid sick days, so if he can't shake the bug, he may not be able to pay his bills.
Some 46 million U.S. workers lack paid sick days, but lawmakers in 12 states _ including California, Connecticut, ...Full Story Ford workers catch glimpse of future cars
(AP) Ford workers catch glimpse of future cars
By TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
DEARBORN, Mich.
As Ford Motor Co. faces perhaps the most difficult period in its 105-year history, the company is trying to boost employee confidence by showing them _ and letting them drive _ the vehicles it hopes will pul...Full Story Small SUVs improve in crash tests
(AP) Small SUVs improve in crash tests
By KEN THOMAS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON
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Four small sport utility vehicles received top scores in crash tests to be released Wednesday by the insurance industry, a sign of improvement compared with SUVs built earlier in the dec...Full Story |
