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Toyota Creates Its Own Flower Species to Gobble Harmful Gases

Fast Company | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Toyota, Toyota Flower, Green Technology, Climate Change, Toyota Prius, Nature, Environment, Sustainability, Toyota Gas Eating Flower, Green News

Toyota is upping the green stakes with a strange, yet ingenious initiative--the company has developed two new flower species that offset CO2 emissions...

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More Questions About the US Chamber's Membership Number Claim

Pete Altman | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Pseg, Duke, Toyota, Ge, Nike, Exelon, Levistrauss, Pnm, Microsoft, Entergy, Shell, Peabody, PG&E, Mohawk, Alcoa, San Francisco Chamber, Johnson & Johnson, US Chamber of Commerce, San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Seventh Generation, Green News
Pete Altman

With more voices saying clearly that US Chamber of Commerce does not represent them, the Chamber's membership numbers are looking more and more questionable.

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Hyundai: The Only Major Car Brand To Grow In The U.S. This Year

Oct. 20, 2009 | Chris Isidore | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Toyota, General Motors, Chrysler, Hyundai, Honda, Cash for Clunkers, Kia, Ford, Business News

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- In a year of unprecedented turmoil for the U.S. auto industry, one major car maker has emerged as a winner. And that compan...

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US Chamber's Influence and Credibility on the Decline

Pete Altman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Pseg, Duke, Toyota, Ge, Nike, Exelon, Levistrauss, Pnm, Microsoft, Entergy, Seventhgeneration, Johnson&johnson, Shell, PG&E, Sanjosechamberofcommerce, Uschamberofcommerce, Alcoa, Sanfranciscochamber, Green News
Pete Altman

One reason for the Chamber's decline may be the result of what the Chamber's positioning communicates to businesses and lawmakers alike.

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SAI PHOTOS: Toyota Unveils Bigger, More Expensive Hybrid Car

AP | By YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Sai Prius Photos, Sai Pictures, New Car, Gasoline, Toyota, Prius, Sai Pics, Green, Sai Photos, New Toyota Hybrid, Miles Per Gallon, Carmakers, Cars, Kyushu Plant, Mph, Kyushu, Sai Prius, Cost, Tokyo, Sai Assembly, Toyota Sai, New Toyota, Detroit, Sai Miles Per Gallon, Sai Cost, Sai, Japan, Slideshow, Business News

ASSOCIATED PRESS, BY YURI KAGEYAMA: TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underl...

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Consumer Reports Floored By High-Tech Brakes After Toyota Recall

Scott Burgess | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Toy Recalls, Toyota, Safety-Problems-Floor-Mats, Consumer Reports, Business News
Scott Burgess

The recent recall by Toyota of 3.8 million of vehicles has a lot of people scratching their heads; Floor mats, really?

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Toyota, Lexus Mat Recall: 3.8 Million Vehicles Recalled Over Floor Mats

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Safety Problems Floor Mats, Toyota Problems, Toyota, Toyota Floor Mat Recall, Lexus Floor Mats, Lexus, Cars, Car Manufacturers, Toyota Recall, Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Floor Mats, Toyota Recall 3.8 Million Floor Mat, Lexus Recall 3.8 Million Floor Mat, Business News

WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company's largest-ever U.S. recall, t...

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Biggest-ever Toyota Recall Announced; 3.8 Million Cars and Trucks

Steve Parker | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Toyota Camry, Scion, Tsb, Toyota, Lexus es350, Lexus, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Cars, Toyota Recall, Lexus IS350, Toyota Avalon, Tacoma, Toyota Tundra, Toyota Prius, Nhtsa, Lexus IS250, Technical Service Bulletin, Business News
Steve Parker

Toyota's floor mat recall is a bit unusual because owners are being asked to "make the fix" right away and on their own; this tell us the government considers the problem an immediate and important safety risk.

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Meat the Truth

Mikko Alanne | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Prius, Meat the Truth, Marianne Thieme, Carbon Savings, Roads, An Inconvenient Truth, Toyota, Greenhouses Gasses, Vegetarianism, Meat, Los Angeles, Airlines, Ecorazzi, New York, Green News
Mikko Alanne

If people know about the massive global damage caused by meat production, why is making a change so difficult? Is it because people don't care? Is it because it's too difficult to give up meat? I'd argue it's neither.

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Toyota Asks California For $2 Million For Employee Training -- But They're Closing Shop In 2010

latimes.com | Marc Lifsher | Posted 09.23.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Auto Bailout, Economic Crash, California, Toyota, Toyota Motor Corp, Auto Industry, Worker Training, u.s. Auto Industry, Recession, California Toyota, Employee Training, Car Factories, Business News

Reporting from Sacramento - Toyota Motor Corp. is closing California's last automobile plant, but that isn't keeping the factory from asking the stat...

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GM's "60-day Buy Back" plan - more gimmicks or smart sales move?

Steve Parker | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Ebay, Saab, Lee Iacocca, California, Toyota, Saturn, Ed Whiteacre, Chrysler, Car Dealerships, Buick, AT&T, Chevrolet, Lexus es350, Cars, Gmc, Pontiac, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Detroit, Core Four, Hummer, Buick Lacrosse, Cadillac, Business News
Steve Parker

Another "Hail Mary" from GM? Or the real thing? Starting today and running through November, General Motors is offering buyers of their Core Four bra...

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"Clunkers" Boosts Ford, Toyota sales; GM, Chrysler's Sales fall

AP | Kimberly S. Johnson and Dan Strumpf, AP Auto Writers | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Toyota, Ford, Gm Chrysler, Honda, Business News

DETROIT (AP) -- The Cash for Clunkers program boosted sales at Ford, Toyota and Honda in August as consumers snapped up their fuel-efficient offerings...

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Could China Hold the World's Clean Technology Hostage?

Alex Pasternack | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Beijing, Toyota, Mining, Hybrid Cars, Clean Technology, Wind Turbines, China, Green Technology, Green News
Alex Pasternack

China could tighten its control over metals essential for a wide array of green technologies, raising the specter of a unilateral OPEC for rare earth metals.

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Toyota Developing Anti-Drunk Driving Gadget

breitbart.com | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Drunk Driving, Toyota, Toyota Anti Drunk Driving, Anti-Drunk Driving, Business News

Toyota Motor said Monday it was developing anti-drunk driving equipment that would lock the ignition of a vehicle if high levels of alcohol are detect...

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Toyota Accused Of Hiding Evidence In Hundreds Of Rollover Deaths (VIDEO)

CBS News | Font Size | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Dimitrios Biller, Rollover Injury, Dimitrios P. Biller, Toyota Rollover, Toyota Lawsuit, Toyota, Rollover Death, Toyota Hid Evidence, Business News

A former attorney for Toyota has accused the automaker of illegally withholding evidence in hundreds of rollover death and injury cases, in a "ruthles...

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Cash For Clunkers' Top-sellers, Top-Trade-ins

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 09.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Cars, Cash for Clunkers, General Motors, Cash for Clunkers Report, Ford, Prius and Clunkers, Ford F-1500, Honda Civic and Clunkers, Toyota, Toyota Corrolla and Cash for Clunkers, Honda, Detroit, Home News

Auto dealers reported 690,114 sales under the federal government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers rebate program, according to final data released Wedne...

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690,000 Vehicles Sold Under Cash For Clunkers

AP | KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Gm, Cars and Trucks, Car Dealerships, Ford, Congress, Clunkers, Toyota, Honda, Ray Lahood, GM and Cash for Clunkers, Cars, Chrysler, General Motors, Transportation Department, Nissan, Cars Sold Under Cash for Clunkers, Business News

WASHINGTON — The popular Cash for Clunkers program generated nearly 700,000 new car sales during the past month, giving the U.S. auto industry a...

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My GE Dishwasher Tragedy, Manufacturer Parts, Car Repairs and Doctor Visits: Let's Be Mad as Hell and Not Take it Anymore!

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Abc, General Electric, Ge, Russnow, Howard Beale, Nbc, Anderson Cooper, Technology, Cbs, Regulation, Cars, Network, Cnn, Paddy Chayefsky, Ceos, Michael Russnow, Oprah, Dateline, 20/20, 60 Minutes, Peter Finch, Pepboys, Toyota Corolla, Toyota, Business News
Michael Russnow

Manufacturing CEOs do very little to reduce the need for maintenance work and perhaps there should be legislative enforcement requiring them to do so.

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Toyota Bets Against The Electric Car

businessinsider.com | Jay Yarow|Aug. 20, 2009, 9:39 AM|11 | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Electric Car, Hiroko Tabuchi, Toyota, Hyrbid Cars, General Motors, Business News

With Nissan pushing full steam into electric cars, and General Motors making a big splash with its plug-in hybrid, Hiroko Tabuchi at the New York Time...

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Cash for Clunkers Rated an Economic Clunker

Dan Dorfman | Posted 09.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Auto Dealerships, Nissan, Obama Cash for Clunkers, Toyota, Hyundai, Cash for Clunkers, Voodoo Economics, Tony Sagami, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Like a glass of ice water in the scorching desert, it sure sounds enticing -- Uncle Sam giving you as much as $4,500 to trade in your old gas guzzler for a new and more fuel-efficient car.

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English Speaking Hispanics Lead in Mobile Internet Growth...

Chris Brassington | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Mobile Marketing, Chris Brassington, Fox Sports en EspañOl, Mediaweek, Mobile, 2ergo, Mobile Internet, Internet, Paul Laureano, Cell Phones, T-Mobile, Cell Phone Usage, Marketing Trends, Toyota, AT&T, Sprint, Cell Phone Voters, Ford, TV Advertising, Brand-Marketing, Advertising Campaigns, Online Advertising, Internet Advertising, Advertising Age, Viral Marketing, Business News
Chris Brassington

"Latinos love their cell phones. The passionate nature of the culture fits perfectly with our first-rate sports programming and their desire to stay connected."

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'Clunker' Program Leads To Boost In Foreign Car Sales

washingtonpost.com | Dana Hedgpeth and Sholnn Freeman | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Toyota, Clunkers Law, Gm, Cash for Clunkers, Foreign Car Sales, Ford, Ray Lahood, Business News

Four of the five top-selling cars in the government's "Cash for Clunkers" program are made by foreign automakers, according to new data released Tuesd...

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Toyota Reports $819M Loss In Q2

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Toyota Hybrids, Toyota Earnings, Toyota, Toyota Prius, Toyota Stock, Business News

TOKYO — Booming sales of the Prius hybrid helped the world's No. 1 automaker Toyota deliver a smaller-than-expected 77.82 billion yen ($819 mill...

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Can We Trade in Our Republican Senate Clunkers?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Automakers, Chrysler, President Obama, Gm, Senate Republicans, Ford, Cash for Clunkers, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Toyota, House Republicans, Detroit, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Republicans don't care about the unemployed, the uninsured, the economy and making this country financially healthy. To the contrary, it's in their political interest to root for failure.

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How to Fix the U.S. Auto Industry

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Mustang, Lincoln, Jay-Z, Chevrolet, Toyota, Gm, Beyonce, Ford, Angelina Jolie, u.s. Auto Industry, Cadillac, Carrie Underwood, Big Three, Chrysler, Prius, General Motors, Hybrid Vehicles, Britany Spears, Leonardo Dicaprio, Detroit, Business News
Andy Ostroy

Disappearing ingenuity, poor design and dreadful marketing is to blame for Detroit's troubles, not the poor schlep who toils on the assembly-line for eight hours a day.

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