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Toyota cuts sales forecast as demand sputters

Posted on Aug 28, 2008 - 1:57 am
Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T), the world's most profitable carmaker, cut its 2009 vehicle sales forecast by nearly 7 percent due to a severe downturn in Western markets driven by high fuel prices and a credit crunch.

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Toyota cuts vehicle sales forecast as West weakens
Posted on Aug 28, 2008 - 12:57 am - Reuters
Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp said it would miss its goal of selling more than 10 million vehicles next year, cutting its forecast by nearly 7 percent due to a severe downturn in Western markets driven by high fuel prices and a credit crunch.

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Three Fannie Mae execs out, shares rally earlier
Posted on Aug 27, 2008 - 5:55 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Fannie Mae , the biggest U.S. mortgage finance company, on Wednesday announced a shake-up of top executives, including the exit of its chief financial officer, in an effort to better implement a plan to preserve capital and cut losses.

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Thornburg survival in doubt, sees completing tender
Posted on Aug 26, 2008 - 12:49 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Thornburg Mortgage Inc , a specialist in jumbo home loans, said its survival remained in doubt following additional margin calls, but it is on track to complete a restructuring and avoid collapse.

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Temasek doubles profit, but worried about crisis
Posted on Aug 26, 2008 - 3:47 am - Reuters
Reuters - Singapore wealth fund Temasek warned of further contagion from the global credit crisis after it doubled its full-year profit by selling billions of dollars of assets.

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Temasek says sees value in U.S. and UK banks
Posted on Aug 26, 2008 - 1:47 am - Reuters
Reuters - Singapore sovereign fund Temasek, which spent billions of dollars on shares in Merrill Lynch , sees value in banking stocks in the United States and Britain, a senior executive said on Tuesday.

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Toronto stocks fall on weaker oil, metals prices
Posted on Aug 25, 2008 - 4:42 am - Reuters
Reuters - Toronto stocks finished a strong week on a losing note on Friday, retreating on the back of sagging oil and metals prices, with losses offset partly by stronger financial issues.

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Treasury still wants shareholders to own GSEs
Posted on Aug 22, 2008 - 1:29 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Any effort by the Treasury Department to backstop Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would seek to maintain the companies as shareholder-owned enterprises, a source familiar with Treasury thinking said on Friday.

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Three big banks settle with NY state over ARS
Posted on Aug 21, 2008 - 5:37 pm - Reuters
Reuters - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) and Goldman Sachs have agreed to settlements regarding their auction rate security sales practices.

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Temasek prepared to invest more in Western banks
Posted on Aug 21, 2008 - 7:35 am - Reuters
Reuters - Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings , which has pumped billions of dollars into ailing lenders such as Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , said it may invest more in Western banks if the opportunity arose.

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Trends & Innovations - Wednesday
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 7:34 pm - Investor's Business Daily
Investor's Business Daily - The proportion of working-age Americans facing medical debt rose to 72 mil or 41% last year, up from 58 mil or 34% in '05, according to a new survey by the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund. About half of those facing health debt have up to $2,000 in bills, while 12% have more than $4,000 in debt and another 12% have more than $8,000. The survey also found most of those with medical debt said they had exhausted their savings, with some also tapping into credit cards, home equity or cutting back on food or heat to cover health care costs.

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Techs, rebounding financials lift Wall St.
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 11:32 am - Reuters
Reuters - Stocks rose in choppy trading on Wednesday as investors snapped up shares of major technology companies after Hewlett-Packard reported a strong profit and outlook.

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Target quarterly profit drops 8 percent
Posted on Aug 19, 2008 - 8:27 am - Reuters
Reuters - Target Corp reported a nearly 8 percent drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday as shoppers passed over trendy clothes and home decor in favor of every-day necessities, hurting its margins.

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Tribune hires former DirecTV CEO to run LA Times
Posted on Aug 16, 2008 - 2:13 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Tribune Co has appointed the former chief executive of satellite television provider DirecTV as publisher of the Los Angeles Times, the paper said in its Saturday edition.

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Two banks agree to auction-rate settlement with NY
Posted on Aug 14, 2008 - 12:04 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co have agreed to settlements with New York state stemming from alleged mishandling of sales of auction-rate securities, the state's attorney general said on Thursday.

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Trade gap shrinks despite oil price surge
Posted on Aug 12, 2008 - 10:55 am - Reuters
Reuters - The U.S. trade deficit shrank unexpectedly in June as the weak U.S. dollar helped push exports higher and overpowered record high prices for imported oil, a Commerce Department report showed on Tuesday.

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TJX's 2Q profits triple as shoppers seek bargains
Posted on Aug 12, 2008 - 8:54 am - AP
AP - TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach.

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Thomson Reuters rev growth slows, shares fall
Posted on Aug 12, 2008 - 8:54 am - Reuters
Reuters - News and information publisher Thomson Reuters Corp reported slower revenue growth in its key Markets division as the U.S. credit crisis took a heavy toll on global investment banks.

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TJX profit jumps
Posted on Aug 12, 2008 - 7:54 am - Reuters
Reuters - Off-price retailer TJX Cos Inc posted a higher quarterly profit on Tuesday compared with a year earlier, when it took a charge related to a security breach of its computer system.

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Tesco enters India with cash-and-carry, Tata deal
Posted on Aug 12, 2008 - 6:54 am - Reuters
Reuters - Tesco Plc, the world's No.3 retailer, plans to set up shop in India with a wholesale cash-and-carry business and a deal to help Indian conglomerate Tata Group grow its hypermarket business.

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Tesco to open grocery stores in India, supply goods to Tata
Posted on Aug 12, 2008 - 1:53 am - AFP
AFP - Tesco, the biggest British retailer, announced Tuesday plans to open wholesale grocery stores in India that will supply goods to hypermarkets owned by Indian conglomerate Tata Group.

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Toyota to up prices of some models by 1-3 percent: Nikkei
Posted on Aug 11, 2008 - 12:50 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) will raise prices of hybrid cars and commercial vehicles by 1-3 percent in Japan as early as this year amid soaring raw material costs, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday.

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