TOKYO—Japan’s transport authorities are planning to tighten rules related to vehicle recalls, responding to criticism that insufficient government oversight in the nation’s recall process may have contributed to delays in the handling of safety problems at Toyota Motor Corp.
Transport minister Seiji Maehara said Tuesday the government will review several aspects of the recall system with [...]

Toyota Motor Corp’s president apologized on Friday for safety problems and said the automaker would bring in outside experts to review quality controls, a highly unusual action for a company that has epitomized world-beating industrial standards.
“I would like to take this opportunity to apologize from the bottom of my heart for causing many of our [...]

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp will suspend U.S. sales of eight models subject to a massive safety recall, an unprecedented move that sent its shares tumbling and raised questions about the timing of its earnings recovery.
Toyota said it would also halt production of the models, including the best-selling Camry, at plants in the United [...]

By Thomas Claburn – InformationWeek -
Google Earth Gets Haiti Earthquake Imagery. Working with satellite imaging company GeoEye, Google on Wednesday evening updated its imagery of Haiti to reflect the devastation of Tuesday’s earthquake.
The move comes following requests from relief organizations for recent images of the country.
The images, taken at about 10:27am EST, are available [...]

Internet search company Google says it may end operations in China over alleged breaches of the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.
It said in a blog post it had detected a “highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China”.
“A primary goal of the attackers was accessing the Gmail accounts of [...]

by Robert Kiyosaki
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.”
­ – Charles Dickens
Is the recession over? Are happy days really here again? Paraphrasing Dickens, my answer is, “For people who are prepared, 2010 will be the best of times. For many, 2010 will be the worst of times.”
The following are a [...]

David Barboza
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James S. Chanos built one of the largest fortunes on Wall Street by foreseeing the collapse of Enron and other highflying companies whose stories were too good to be true.
Now Mr. Chanos, a wealthy hedge fund investor, is working to bust the myth of the biggest conglomerate of all: [...]

Google and other net firms could be taxed under plans being considered by the French government.
A report, commissioned by the government, suggests firms such as Google, Yahoo and Facebook should pay a new tax on their online ad revenues.
The money could be used to fund legal alternatives for buying books, films and music on the [...]