Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Toyota Motor Corp. won't make more production cuts this year despite a sales slump that may not end until after next year, its top U.S. sales executive said.
Indy Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
YORK TOWNSHIP, Mich. » Toyota Motor Corp. formally opened an engineering and safety testing facility near Ann Arbor on Thursday. The $187 million, 530,000-square-foot complex supplements Toyota's existing technical center near Ann Arbor. (AP)
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the past decade, Japanese automakers have been expanding their U.S. work forces as sales have risen, while U.S.-based automakers have shed employees. Toyota Motor Corp. officially opened a technical center near Ann Arbor Monday that will add 400 jobs. Employment levels for each automaker at present and 10 years ago. Some of the numbers are approximate: Automaker 1998 Present …Chrysler LLC 123,180...
Detroit News (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
YORK TOWNSHIP -- Toyota Motor Corp. officially opened its engineering and safety center here today, some good news among sliding sales and continued struggles for auto companies and their workers.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- General Motors Corp. shares fell as much as 14.6% on Thursday, dropping below $6.00 a share for the first time since the summer of 1951. Ford Motor Co. saw its stock slip 4.1% to $2.55, trading at levels not seen since the early 1980s. Toyota Motor Corp. , Nissan Motors and Honda Motor Co. , however, rose about 2% each to take part in the broader market's mild rebound....
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
PRINCETON » Some idled Toyota Motor Corp. assembly-line workers in Princeton are taking part in training programs and modifying assembly-line procedures to improve ergonomics, while 140 others were redeployed temporarily to the Georgetown, Ky., plant and a Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. factory in Lafayette run by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Shares of Toyota Motor Corp. plunged Wednesday on the Japanese stock market following a major business daily report that Toyota may have trouble meeting global vehicle sales targets.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Shares of Toyota Motor Corp. plunged Wednesday following a major business daily report that Toyota may have trouble meeting global vehicle sales targets.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Idled Toyota Motor Corp. assembly- line workers in San Antonio are spending two weeks cleaning city parks, removing graffiti, painting benches and fixing fences instead of building pickup trucks.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Shares of Toyota Motor Corp. plunged today following a major business daily report that Toyota's operating profit would fall 40 percent this fiscal year through March.
Blah3 (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
This can't be good : The Nikkei average plunged 9.4 percent on Wednesday, its biggest one-day drop since the 1987 stock market crash, as fear spread of a global recession, fueled by expectations of a slide in profits at Toyota Motor Corp and a firmer yen. Panic over the fast-spreading financial crisis dragged down markets across Asia, with Japanese steelmakers such as Nippon Steel Corp sliding, as...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
The Nikkei average plunged 9.4 percent on Wednesday, its biggest one-day drop since the 1987 stock market crash, as fear spread of a global recession, fueled by expectations of a slide in profits at Toyota Motor Corp and a firmer yen.
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analys (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Reuters is reporting Nikkei falls 7.3 pct on economy fears, Toyota report . The Nikkei average fell 7.3 percent to a 5-year low on Wednesday as fears about a global recession intensified with Toyota Motor Corp diving on reports it may miss its profit estimates, while a firmer yen added to the pain. The Indonesia Stock Exchange halted trading on Wednesday after the benchmark composite index .JKSE dropped...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp may cut its annual profit outlook on sluggish global demand and a firmer yen, a company source said on Wednesday, as the prospect of a rare downward revision sent its shares tumbling 10 percent.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Toyota Motor Corp.'s consolidated operating profit for the fiscal year ending in March is expected to decline 40% from its earlier forecast as the financial crisis dampens global auto demand and higher commodity prices squeeze profits, according to a Japanese media report.
