Toyota seeks damage control, in public and private
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36 minutes ago 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.
Stocks jump on hopes for Greece debt assistance
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1 hour, 11 minutes ago The Dow Jones industrial average jumped back above 10,000 on hope that the European Union will help Greece manage its growing debt burden.
EU nations' reality: Greece's woes are theirs, too
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1 hour, 0 minutes ago Wealthy European nations were moving closer toward swallowing a bitter pill Tuesday: rescuing Greece from its own overspending to stop its debt crisis from dragging down the euro and stock markets all the way to Wall Street.
Disney posts flat 1Q profit, beating estimates
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59 minutes ago The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it made $844 million in the holiday quarter, roughly flat compared with a year earlier, as restructuring charges offset cost cutting and gains at ESPN and the Disney Channel.
Google's e-mail gets social in Facebook face-off
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7 minutes ago Google Inc. opened a new social hub in its e-mail service on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the Internet search leader is girding for a face-off with Facebook.
Job openings plunged by one-quarter last year
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1 hour, 26 minutes ago Finding a job got much tougher last year, as the number of available openings fell by nearly one quarter. At the same time, the unemployed population soared by more than one-third, leaving more laid-off workers competing for fewer jobs.
Paulson says nation may profit from bank bailout
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1 hour, 16 minutes ago Henry Paulson, the former Treasury chief, and billionaire Warren Buffett said taxpayers will recover every cent paid out to banks during the economic meltdown and may even turn a profit.
Another winter blast helps boost heating oil price
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1 hour, 15 minutes ago Heating oil prices got a boost Tuesday as the second powerful storm in four days threatened to dump more than a foot of snow on the East Coast.
Cribs recalled after 3 deaths
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2 hours, 21 minutes ago Government safety officials Tuesday announced a recall of more than 500,000 drop-side cribs sold at Buy Buy Baby, Kmart, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of three infants.
Strong overseas sales put fizz in Coca-Cola's 4Q
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49 minutes ago International sales again added fizz to Coca-Cola's fourth quarter, while sales in North America softened, to lift profit 55 percent in the last three months of the year.
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