Akio Toyoda

(R)evolution in San Francisco: Ana Castillo Seizes the Reigns of Feminist Spirituality for 2012

Lisa Paul Streitfeld | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Lacma, Annie Finch, Mexico, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Women's Spirituality Movement, Poetry, Ana Castillo, 2012, Mayan Calendar, Sid Reger, Archeomythology, Goddess, San Francisco, New Age, Cosmic Mother, Guadelupe, Astronomy, Astrology, Chicana, Quetzalcoatl, Mayan Prophecy, Daniel Pinchbeck, Penn Museum, Milky Way, Precession of the Equinoxes, Z. Budapest, Dr. Heide Gottner-Abendroth, Charlene Spretnak, Miklk, New Mexico, Cross-Disciplinary, Mythology, Akio Toyoda, Chalice, Kathleen Sweeney, Association for the Study of Women and Mythology, Marija Gimbutas, Cristina Biaggi, Arts News
Lisa Paul Streitfeld

It was clear to many in the room that she was providing the missing feminine voice capable of renewing the Goddess Movement on a global level after it disappeared underground following the backlash of its New Age commercialization in the '80s.

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Toyota's Production Won't Return To Normal Until November Or Later

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: Toyota Japan, Toyota Car Maker, Toyota Motor Corp, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Parts, Toyota Earthquake, Toyota Production, Business News

TOKYO — Toyota's global car production, disrupted by parts shortages from Japan's earthquake and tsunami, won't return to normal until November ...

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Toyota Profit Plunges On Struggles With U.S. Sales

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Car Sales, Toyota, Auot Sales, Akio Toyoda, Toyota U.S. Sales, Toyota Recall, Toyota 4Q, Toyota Profit, Business News

TOKYO — Toyota reported a 39 percent slide in quarterly profit but raised its full-year forecasts as business booms in Asia and other emerging marke...

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Toyota's Biggest Problem: Ho Hum Cars

AP | SHARON SILKE CARTY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Camry, Toyota Sales 2011, Toyota Recall, Toyota Cars, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Car Reviews, Business News

DETROIT — It would be easy to think Toyota's biggest problem is its damaged reputation caused by sudden acceleration recalls, millions in govern...

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GM a Winner, But Dangers Still Lurk

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, GMC Truck, Toyota, Big Three Automakers, Akio Toyoda, Chrysler, Buick, Chevrolet, Washington DC, Barack Obama, Motor Trend, Chevrolet Volt, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Wall Street, Hybrid Cars, Craig Ferguson, Electric Cars, Detroit, GM IPO, Car of the Year, China, Cadillac, Business News
Steve Parker

While today is surely a time to celebrate GM, it's also critical to take a quick look at the 11 ways GM could find itself in the same bankruptcy boat which nearly destroyed forever the American auto business as we'd known it for 100 years.

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What Recall? Toyota Revenue Jumps Nearly 30 Percent

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Akio Toyoda, Camry, Toyota Prius, Toyota Sales, Toyota Recall, Toyota Profit, Toyota Profits 2010, Toyota Stock, Business News

TOKYO — Toyota reported a quarterly profit of $2.2 billion, reversing from red ink a year earlier as the world's top automaker benefited from a ...

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Toyota Subpoenaed By Federal Grand Jury

AP | DAN STRUMPF and SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Testimony, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Brake Problems, Toyota Recall, Toyota Subpoenaed, Toyota Recall Problems, Toyota Steering Problems, Business News

NEW YORK — A federal grand jury in New York has subpoenaed Toyota's U.S. subsidiaries for documents related to problems with rods that connect a...

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Toyota President Open To Raising Wages In China After Labor Unrest

AP | By DAN STRUMPF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota China Wages, Toyota, Akio Toyoda, China Factories, China, China Labor, Honda, Business News

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Toyota, Channeling James Bond, Makes Big Play For Sports Car Market

Bloomberg | Makiko Kitamura and Yuki Hagiwara | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nissan, Automobiles, Toyota, Akio Toyoda, Automotive Industry, Toyota Prius, Sports Cars, Lexus, Honda, Luxury Sports Cars, Volkswagen, Ferrari, Business News

As the world's largest carmaker tries to rebuild its reputation for quality following record recalls, President Akio Toyoda, a racing fan, has said he...

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Toyota Issues Another Recall, 412K Cars Pulled Over Steering Issues

AP | DAN STRUMPF and YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Avalon Steering Problems, Toyota Recall, Avalon Recall, Akio Toyoda, Business News

NEW YORK — Toyota is recalling nearly half a million cars, most of them large sedans sold in the U.S., for problems that can cause the steering ...

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Has Toyota Been Right All Along?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Akio Toyoda, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, California Highway Patrol, Department of Motor Vehicles, Toyota Recall, Lexus Recall, Unintended Acceleration, Black Box Warning, Wall Street Journal, Japan, U.S. Congress, Business News
Steve Parker

News came this week that the "black boxes" in Toyota and Lexus cars and trucks, are showing overwhelmingly that the vehicles involved in "unintended acceleration" accidents were wrecked because drivers were stepping on the gas pedal, not the brake.

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Irving Miller: Toyota Exec urged Automaker To 'Come Clean' About Massive Recall

AP | By LARRY MARGASAK and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Whistleblower, Corolla, Toyota, Prius, Akio Toyoda, Jim Lentz, Camry, Toyota Gas Pedal Problems, Irving Miller, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Nhtsa, Toyota Come Clean, Toyota Recall, Business News

WASHINGTON -- In the days leading up to its massive recall in January, Toyota executives debated when they should inform the public about safety probl...

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Toyota Recall: How Much Will It End Up Costing The Automaker?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Prius, Toyota Accelerator, Toyota Sales, Toyota Earnings, Toyota Recall Costs, Toyota Stock, Business News

TOKYO -- (By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA, AP) A massive global recall, mounting legal bills and a battered reputation add up to a very expensive problem for Toyo...

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Toyota Recall: Automaker Holds Rally With Workers, Dealers

AP | By YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Workers, Toyota Dealers, Toyota Recall, Toyota, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Rally, Business News

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Toyota Recall: Government Still Hearing Complaints About Fixed Toyotas

AP | TOM KRISHER and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Motors Corp., Akio Toyoda, Transportation Department, Toyota Brake Problems, Toyota Repairs, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Toyota Recall, Toyota-Acceleration-Problems, Business News

DETROIT — At least 15 Toyota drivers have complained to U.S. safety officials that their cars sped up by themselves even after being fixed under...

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Toyota Camrys: Cars That Weren't Recalled Also Had Speed Problems, Says NYT

nytimes.com | BILL VLASIC, HIROKO TABUCHI and JO CRAVEN McGINTY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Gas Pedal Problems, Toyota Camry Problem, Toyota Recall, Toyota, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Camry Fix, Business News

Toyota has recalled six million cars in the United States over concerns about sudden acceleration. But an analysis of government documents shows that ...

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Automotive/Auto racing shows this weekend

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kurt Busch, Saab, The Car Nut Show, Toyota, Www.TalkRadioOne.Com, Akio Toyoda, Nascar, Sao Paulo, Cars, Danica Patrick, Bahrain, Las Vegas, Kyle Busch, General Motors, World Racing Roundup, Daytona 500, Formula 1, Hummer, Indycar, California Speedway, Business News
Steve Parker

STEVE PARKER'S THE CAR NUT SHOW Saturday, 2/27, LIVE @ 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern on www.TalkRadioOne.com An amazing spectacle in congress this past we...

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Toyoda, Toyota, Congress and the FBI

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Toyota, Chrysler, Gm, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Fiat, Fbi, Unintended Acceleration, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Andrew Cuomo, Toyota Motor Corp, Nhtsa, Europe, Yoshimi Inaba, China, Business News
Steve Parker

I've often joked that Japanese businessmen have 100 ways to say "I don't know" and 1,000 ways to not take responsibility. Those watching the hearings yesterday got about a four-hour example of all that live.

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Mr. Toyoda in the Spotlight

Bill George | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Recall 2010, Leadership, Toyota, Corporate Responsibility, Global Business Leadership, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corp, Toyota Recall, Business Leadership, Business News
Bill George

Mr. Toyoda: You are the definitive leader of one of the largest and (once-) most trusted brands in the world. People expect you to act like it today. This is a prime opportunity to right the ship.

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Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda To Congress: 'I'm Deeply Sorry'

AP | TOM RAUM and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Akio Toyoda, Toyota, Toyota Recall, Toyota Recall 2010, Toyota Apology, Edolphus Towns, Business News

WASHINGTON — Under blistering criticism, Toyota President Akio Toyoda personally and repeatedly apologized to Congress and millions of anxious A...

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Akio Toyoda: Toyota President Faces 'Crucial Test' Before Congress Today

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Gas Pedal Problems, Toyota Recall, Akio Toyota Testimony, Toyota Congress, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Hearing, Business News

Malcolm Foster of the AP reports this morning: "TOKYO - Toyota President Akio Toyoda faces increased pressure to win back consumer trust in his cong...

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China Is the Next Toyota

Adam Hanft | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota Recall 2010, Toyota Toyoda, Toyota, Akio Toyoda, China Economy, China, Toyota Brake Recall, World News
Adam Hanft

China's remarkable economic surge over the last two decades -- and the pride, if not hubris, embodied in that rise -- is a national narrative-in-the-making that parallels Toyota's corporate story.

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Why SoCal Residents Should Feel Betrayed By Both Toyota and Southwest Airlines

Charles Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Southwest Airlines, Toyota Recall, Henry Waxman, Congress, Southwest-Flight-2534, Toyota, Akio Toyoda, Los Angeles News
Charles Feldman

Both Toyota and Southwest are companies that gained customers based, in large measure, on the good will they created over many years. That is why many SoCal customers feel so betrayed.

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What Toyota Needs To Do

Philip G. Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coverup, Toyota Recall, Akio Toyoda, Toyota, Exponent Consulting, Bob Carter, Nhtsa, Business News
Philip G. Baker

It's now time for Mr. Toyoda to move aside the marketing, PR, and damage control people that just obfuscate the issue, and do what's in the best interests of his customers,

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More Apologies! Now!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Mark Sanford, John Thain, Akio Toyoda, Apologies, The Media, Tiger Woods, Richard Fuld, John Edwards, Cable Installers, Stan O'Neal, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Other guys who haven't apologized enough: John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Richard Fuld, Tiberius Caesar, Alan Greenspan, and the guys from the cable company who told me they were going to be there between 8 AM and noon.

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