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Toyota disputes specialist who faults electronics
The Boston Globe
| , the embattled Japanese auto giant, launched a broad counterattack yesterday aimed at refuting research that suggests electronics may be at the heart of acceleration problems that have led the automaker to recall more than 6 million vehicles. | Toyota's prime target was a Southern Illinois Univer...
Turkish 737-800 TC-JGG in Dsseldorf International Airport.
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Turkish Airlines makes $1.6B Boeing order
Business Journal
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Apostle of Architecture's Power Left Mark on Chicago Skyline
Wall Street Journal
By STEPHEN MILLER | Bruce Graham was the architect behind Chicago's Sears Tower, the tallest building in the world when it was opened in 1974 and still the tallest building in the U.S. | Mr. Graham, who died Saturday at age 84, was senior design part...
Toyota to expand recall of Tundra pickups for rust
Houston Chronicle
| WASHINGTON - Toyota said Tuesday it will expand a recall announced last year to fix Tundra pickup trucks with frames that could rust and lead to spare tires falling from the vehicle. | Toyota spokesman Brian Lyons said the recall will cover Tundra ...
Toyota to Expand Recall of Tundra Pickups for Rust
The New York Times
| Filed at 9:29 p.m. ET | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Toyota said Tuesday it will expand a recall announced last year to fix Tundra pickup trucks with frames that could rust and lead to spare tires falling from the vehicle. | Toyota spokesman Brian Lyons said...
Prius driver's 911 call: 'My car can't slow down'
Philadelphia Daily News
| ELLIOT SPAGAT | The Associated Press | EL CAJON, Calif. - The driver of a Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a San Diego County freeway sounded panicked at times as he told a dispatcher about a stuck accelerator. | A 23-minute 911 call the Ca...
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House panel doubts rigor of Toyota tests
Philadelphia Daily News
| By Ken Thomas | Associated Press WASHINGTON - A House committee yesterday questioned the rigor of Toyota's tests for sudden acceleration and challenged the automaker's commitment...
Market St. in midsummer. Mount Carmel lost 270 jobs in 2003 to the closing of a Snap-on Tools factory that had been in operation since 1937. However, the town has an unemployment rate of just 4.6%, as of May 2006.
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Unemployment benefits for many expire today
Chicago Sun-Times
| Richard Jones of Brookfield spent four months in Louisiana helping communities rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. Now, he needs a little help himself, but a lone U.S. senator is bl...
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses New Hampshire voters during a campaign event at Exeter High School in Exeter, NH., Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008. After Obama's big win in the Iowa caucuses last week he is campaigning for New Hampshire's first in the nation presidential primary on Tuesday Jan. 8, 2008.
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Labor unions frustrated as top goals hit roadblocks despite union-friendly Obama White House
KDVR
WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor's high hopes for major gains under President Barack Obama and a Democratic Congress have dimmed, raising fresh doubts about union leverage even in the...
LifeLock will pay $12M to settle false claims case
Seattle Times
NEW YORK - | LifeLock Inc. - an identity theft protection company that backed its guarantees by putting its CEO's social security number on the side of its trucks - will pay $12 million to settle claims it misrepresented its services, according to th...
Architect of Sears Tower, Hancock Center dies
Chicago Business
Bruce J. Graham March 09, 2010 | (AP) — Bruce J. Graham, the pioneering architect who designed Chicago's two most iconic skyscrapers, including the formerly named Sears Tower, has died at age 84, a public relations firm hired by his family said Mon...
Failed Corus due $261M tax refund; shareholders miss out
Chicago Business
By: Steve Daniels March 09, 2010 | (Crain's) — Like Broadway Bank’s owners, the holding company for failed Corus Bank will be getting a big tax refund from the federal government. | But unlike the Giannoulias family — sole owners of Chicago-bas...
Business
Turkish 737-800 TC-JGG in Dsseldorf International Airport.
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Turkish Airlines makes $1.6B Boeing order
Business Journal
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