Toyota Motor Corp.
Toyota to buy back stock worth $3.5 billion, give half to charity
27 Mar 2014
Cash-rich Toyota plans to retire about half of the current buy-back by the end of June, by giving it to a charity fund run by the company for a paltry $1 pershare
US attorney general Eric Holder announces criminal charge and deferred prosecution agreement with Toyota
20 Mar 2014
Toyota admits hiding safety defects; penalised $1.2 bn
20 Mar 2014
Toyota Motors yesterday agreed to pay a record $1.2 billion to settle a criminal investigation for hiding safety defects related to “unintended acceleration” of its cars
Toyota to recall 1.9 mn Prius to fix software glitches
13 Feb 2014
Toyota Motor Corp yesterday said that it would recall all 1.9 million of the third-generation Prius cars sold worldwide to fix a programming glitch that causes the car to stall
Toyota nears $1 bn settlement over mishandling unintended acceleration recalls
10 Feb 2014
Toyota Motor Corp is close to finalising a deal agreeing to pay $1 billion to settle a US federal criminal investigation into unintended acceleration problem in some vehicles in 2009
Toyota outsells GM, VW, remains world's No 1 automaker with record sales
24 Jan 2014
GM, which had held the title as world's biggest automaker for seven decades before losing it to Toyota in 2008, reclaimed it briefly in 2012 following the tsunami and earthquake disasters that damaged the facilities of Toyota's parts suppliers
Toyota to launch hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles in US next year
08 Jan 2014
Toyota says the car will have a range of 480 km, can accelerate from standstill to 86 km, and refuel its hydrogen tank in three to five minute
Toyota profit up 70% despite sales slide
06 Nov 2013
Toyota sells 7.41 million vehicles globally
29 Oct 2013
Toyota Motor Corp today said that it had sold 7.41 million vehicles globally in the first nine months of the year, outselling rivals and retaining its title as the world's top-selling automaker
Toyota ushers in next generation of cars with autopilot system
12 Oct 2013
Toyota has rung in the next generation of cars, featuring an autopilot system that would swerve to avoid collisions without drivers taking any action
Toyota to pay US customers $1.6-bn for fall in value of cars due to acceleration problems
22 Jul 2013
Toyota Motor regains top spot from General Motors
29 Jan 2013
Toyota Motors Corp overtook GM and Volkswagen, in global sales last year, staging a fine recovery in the face of natural disasters and record recalls
Toyota sets aside $1.1 bn for lawsuits over car defects
27 Dec 2012
Toyota, the No 3 automaker in the US market, admitted no fault in proposing the settlement, one of the largest in the automotive sector
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
.jpg "India, Nigeria agree on local currency settlement system")
