» Inside Toyota\'s epic breakdown
09/02/10 23:18 from Reuters: Oddly Enough
TOYOTA CITY, Japan/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp, the world\'s most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car ind..
» Obama says world moving quickly on Iran sanctions
09/02/10 22:36 from Reuters: Oddly Enough
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the international community was moving \"fairly quickly\" toward imposing broader sanctions on Iran, as the Islamic Republic defiantly expanded its nuclear program.
» Taiwan drops request for U.S. military subs: source
09/02/10 21:25 from Reuters: Oddly Enough
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has effectively dropped a request for U.S. submarines to help shore up the balance of power with political rival China, a military source said on Tuesday, dissolving what could be a new rift in tense Sino-U.S. ties..
» Toyota recalls new Prius in latest safety fix
09/02/10 21:22 from Reuters: Oddly Enough
WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - The spiraling crisis at Toyota Motor Corp deepened on Tuesday as the automaker said it would recall thousands of Camry sedans as well as nearly half a million new Prius and other hybrid cars to fix steering an..
» Second big snowstorm bears down on East Coast
09/02/10 20:47 from Reuters: Oddly Enough
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Not again! Residents from northern Virginia to New York braced for a major snowstorm that could bring 12 inches or more of snow just days after a blizzard dumped as much as 3 feet in some areas.
» Google tweaks Gmail to challenge Facebook, Twitter
09/02/10 20:40 from Reuters: Oddly Enough
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc injected social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world\'s No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter.
» Ukraine\'s Tymoshenko girds to contest result
09/02/10 19:26 from Reuters: Oddly Enough
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko launched action on Tuesday to call rival Viktor Yanukovich\'s election into question, ignoring international endorsement of the poll and threatening a lengthy legal battle.
» John Murtha, defense appropriations chair, dies
09/02/10 17:07 from Reuters: Oddly Enough
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative John Murtha, chairman of the House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on defense issues, died on Monday.
» U.S. missionary in Haiti says trusts God to free her
09/02/10 11:43 from Reuters: Oddly Enough
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released..
» Obama\'s healthcare summit sets stage for end-game
09/02/10 11:39 from Reuters: Oddly Enough
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama\'s call for a healthcare summit including both his fellow Democrats and Republicans sets the stage for a final push to get stalled legislation through Congress, but skeptical Republicans said on ..