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| China pledges 45 mln jobs in 3 yrs The nation aims to create 45 million jobs and bring the annual urban unemployment rate under 5 percent by 2015, amid a lower pace of economic development and change of its growth pattern.The... |
| Toyota Bringing Highlander to Indiana From Japan, Creating 400 Jobs which we reported at Changing Gears , is happening because Toyota is shifting production of the Highlander, a mid-sized SUV, to Princeton from Japan next year. When that happens, Toyota will build... |
| S&P Cuts Sony Credit Rating, Warns of Further Downgrade on Wednesday to BBB+, warning it may drop the consumer electronics giant a further notch within a year unless it shows it can achieve a significant turnaround in... |
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| Singapore banks submit objections to Volcker Rule +65 6388 3838 Operating hours in Singapore time (+8 hours GMT) Mon-Fri: 8.45am - 5.15pm & Sat: 8.45am - 12.15pm After office hours, leave a... |
| Toyota to expand Indiana plant, add 400 jobs CHICAGO — Toyota says it will expand its factory in Princeton, Ind., and add 400 jobs so it can build more Highlander SUVs. The hiring and expansion will come next year. Toyota says it will... |
| IT sector to cross $100bn in FY12, but to dip in FY13 information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITeS) sector in India will cross the $100-billion (over Rs 4.9-lakh-crore) mark in revenue this fiscal year, growing at 16.7%, industry... |
| Thomas Cook to exit India ops Thomas Cook Plc said on Wednesday that it has launched a process to sell its 77% stake in Thomas Cook India. The announcement sent the local unit's shares up by 20%, the maximum permissible... |
| Toyota to Launch '86' Sports Car in April Toyota Motor Corp announced Feb 2, 2012, that it will release the "86" FR (front-engine rear-wheel-drive) sports car April 6, 2012. The price of the vehicle ranges from ¥1.99 million... |
| Panasonic Develops Backup Power Supply Using Electric Double-layer Capacitor Panasonic Electronic Devices Co Ltd developed a backup power supply using an electric double-layer capacitor for automobiles. It is used as an emergency power supply when a lead battery breaks in... |
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| Sony Stacks Signal Processing Chip on Back-illuminated CMOS Sensor Sony Corp announced a laminated structure having a signal processing circuit as a new technology for back-illuminated CMOS image sensors. This technology uses a chip on which a signal processing... |
| Rohm to Release E17-base Small Krypton Gas LED Light Bulb Rohm Co Ltd developed an E17-base small krypton gas (MiniKrypton) LED light bulb. Compared with existing LED light bulbs, the part near the base of the new LED light bulb, "LDA4L-G-E17,"... |
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| Renesas to Commercialize TSV Technology for Wide I/O DRAM-compatible Mobile SoCs Renesas Electronics Corp will apply TSV (through silicon via) technology to its mobile SoCs so that they will support Wide I/O DRAM, which was standardized by JEDEC. Currently, the company is... |
| Toyota Seeks U.S. Low-Cost Hybrid Hit Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., the biggest seller of gasoline-electric autos, wants to spur U.S. demand for its hybrids with a smaller, cheaper version of the Prius, a goal that eluded... |
| Asia’s 1.25 Billion Over 60 by 2050 Shows Why Bonds Beat Stocks Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- With Asia’s elderly population poised to double within four decades, more money is being plowed into preserving wealth than enhancing growth, driving up demand for the... |
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| RBA Growth Girl Warns Aussie Too High as Stevens Holds Rates "There’s too much froth in the Australian currency," which economic fundamentals indicate ought to be worth 90 to 95 U.S. cents, Ridout, outgoing head of the Australian Industry... |
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| Toyota to add 400 jobs in SW Indiana PRINCETON, Ind. (WISH) - Toyota said it will expand its factory in Princeton and add 400 jobs so it can build more Highlander SUVs. The hiring and expansion will come next year. Toyota said it will... |
| Mitsubishi EV Tops Greenest Car Rankings For the first time in 12 years, an electric vehicle is the greenest new car sold in the United States. The Mitsubishi i - known everywhere else as the i-MiEV -came out on top when theAmerican... |
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| Toyota Highlander Production Will Move to U.S. Toyota Motor Corp. will add 400 jobs at its Indiana plant to produce the hybrid version of its Highlander sport-utility vehicle, shifting production of the SUV... |
| Toyota bringing Highlander stateside, moving vehicle’s production to Indiana Toyota Motor Corp. will invest $400 million and create 400 jobs when it increases production of its Highlander mid-size SUV in the U.S. The Japan-based automaker said it would move Highlander... |
| Toyota to boost Highlander output in Indiana, add 400 jobs Toyota Motor Corp. will increase production of its Highlander mid-size SUV in late 2013 at its Princeton, Ind., plant, according to a news release. The project, to include hybrid and export... |
| Toyota to expand US plant, add 400 jobs SUVs . The hiring and expansion will come next year. Toyota says it will invest $400 million in the factory to build 50,000 more Highlanders per year. The plant built more than 101,000 Highlanders... |
| Wing Cracks Ground Qantas A380s SYDNEY (AP) – Australia's Qantas Airways said Wednesday it was temporarily grounding one of its A380 superjumbos after discovering dozens of hairline cracks in its wings during a... |
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| Toyota Seeks Low-Cost Hybrid Hit Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., the biggest seller of gasoline-electric autos, wants to spur U.S. demand for its hybrids with a smaller, cheaper version of the Prius, a goal that eluded... |
| Airbus A380 wing checks extended: Sources Airbus A380 wing cracks to the entire superjumbo fleet, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The move to inspect all 68 A380s in service comes as Qantas Airways grounded one of its... |
| TCS, Mitsubishi to invest $5 million The joint venture company -- Nippon TCS Solution Center Ltd -- will offer full service suite of IT, BPO and infrastructure services to Japanese... |
| I am losing sleep over rising subsidy bill: Pranab subsidy bill which could exceed budget estimates by over Rs 1 lakh crore in 2011-12. "As finance minister when I think of enormity of the subsidies to be provided, I lose my sleep. There is no... |
| Sensex closes up 85 points In choppy trade, the BSE benchmark index Sensex recovered by 85 points on funds buying in bluechips, mainly in Reliance Industries and Infosys, amid a firming trend in the global... |
| Mahindra Xylo gets a facelift NEW DELHI: Launched in January 2009, Mahindra Xylo sold in great numbers despite its unsightly front and quirky styling overall. Three years after the Xylo was launched, Mahindra has given the MPV... |
| CIS violation: Sebi to give names of over 500 cos Sebi has decided to share with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs the names of over 500 companies, which have garnered money from investors in violation of its Collective Investment Scheme (CIS)... |
| Gold buying stays weak, prices hit 2-month high yellow metal , as prices touched a near two-month high. * At 3:26pm, the most-active gold for April delivery on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) was trading 0.17 percent higher at 28,422 rupees per... |
| Toyota Announces Forecasts for 2012, Emphasizes Domestic Production Takahiko Ichiji, executive director of Toyota Motor Corp, restated that the company will put its energy into technology development based in Japan at its results meeting Feb 7, 2012. ... |
| NTT Facilities Starts to Test Wind-powered Data Center NTT Facilities Inc installed a container-type data center in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, and started a field test of it by using wind-generated power Jan 31, 2012. The data center was installed with... |
