Toyota seeks damage control, in public and private
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers'' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can....
Consumers tepid as Disney posts flat 1Q profit
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Consumers sent tepid signals to The Walt Disney Co. during the holiday quarter, as many of them still required discounts to step into theme parks and reduced spending on food, beverages and merchandise when they got there....
Anthem asked to justify rate hike in California
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- For the second time this week, President Barack Obama has pointed to one health insurer''s major rate hike in California as a doomy harbinger of rising premiums across America....
Micron to buy Numonyx in $1.3 billion stock deal
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Micron Technology says it plans to buy fellow memory chip maker Numonyx in an all-stock transaction the companies value at $1.27 billion....
Honda expands airbag inflation recall
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
DETROIT (AP) -- Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday....
Senate Democrats unveil jobs package
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats circulated a jobs bill Tuesday that''s light on new initiatives on boosting hiring and heavy with provisions sought by lobbyists for business groups, doctors and the satellite broadcasting industry....
Despite all the nice talk, partisanship reigns
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He''s scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months....
EU nations' reality: Greece's woes are theirs, too
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Wealthy European nations were moving closer toward swallowing a bitter pill Tuesday: rescuing Greece from its overspending before its debts drag down the euro and stock markets all the way to Wall Street....
