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TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. warned Thursday it expects the first drop in annual profits in nine years because of a weak U.S. economy, a stronger yen and soaring raw material costs.

Times are tough in the U.S. auto market. Just ask Toyota. The Japanese automaker, in a race with General Motors Corp. to be the world's largest car company, reported lower-than-expected earnings for...

Equities were under pressure Friday bogged down by rising oil prices and inflationary concerns. Global cues were not supportive either.

France will take steps to double bilateral trade with India, from six billion Euros to 12 billion Euros in the next five years, Ambassador of France Jerome Bonnafont said on Friday.

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Friday, May 09, 2008 By our correspondent KARACHI: Net government borrowings surged to Rs361.608 billion from July 2007 to April 26, 2008 which expanded broad money (M2) growth to Rs343.671 bill...

Friday, May 09, 2008 MUMBAI: India has suspended futures trading in four commodities with immediate effect in its latest move to rein in soaring inflation, sending prices of other commodities higher...

Toyota said a strong yen and weaker U.S. sales took a bite out of January-March earnings and projected worse to come -- a 27 percent profit plunge for the year ending in March 2009.

Inflation rose to 7.61 per cent for the week ended April 26 as against 7.57 per cent in the previous week on account of rising food prices and some manufactured products.