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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends
The Boston Globe
| WASHINGTON-Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. | The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying, charitable giving, racing in the American-as-apple pie NASCAR series and, perhaps most imp...
A Toyota car is parked outside a dealership in Milan, Italy, Friday Jan. 29, 2010. Toyota's still-expanding recalls over faulty gas pedals and an unprecedented decision to stop selling and building some of its top-selling models in the U.S. are costing the carmaker dearly: industry analysts are already forecasting its market share will sink to its lowest since 2006. Japanese Trade Minister Masayuki Naoshima sounded a note of alarm Friday about the tarnished reputation of Toyota Motor Corp., the nation's iconic automaker. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends
Houston Chronicle
| WASHINGTON - Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. | The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying, charitable giving, racing in the American-as-apple pie NASCAR series and, perhaps most i...
Magnet Materials supply chain players propose six-point plan to address impending rare earths crisis
Metals Place
| The United States Magnet Materials Association, a coalition of companies representing domestic high performance magnet producers and suppliers, today submitted a proposal to the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Energy, State, and Defense, Office of th...
Toyota's powerful DC friends
Chicago Sun-Times
| WASHINGTON -- Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. | The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying, charitable giving, racing in the Amer...
Toyota Counts D.C. Powerbrokers as Friends
CBS News
Automaker Has Relationships with Some of the Same Lawmakers Investigating Safety Issues | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments | Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., is seen in this Sept. 29, 2009 file photo. Rockefeller credits himself with lobbying To...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, but are they enough?
KDVR
WASHINGTON (AP) — Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. | The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying, charitable giving, racing in ...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends
Philadelphia Daily News
| SHARON THEIMER | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. | The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying...
Toyota - Automaker - Carmaker
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Toyota probe deepens amid confusion over risk
The News & Observer
| WASHINGTON -- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Toyota owners Wednesday they should stop driving their vehicles, then quickly took back his words, adding to confusion over...
Rebuilding will mean reversing past failures
US Navy / Edward Kessler
Rebuilding will mean reversing past failures
USA Today
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | |   Pool photo Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Haiti's President Rene Preval, third from left, in Port-au-...
Toyota iQ Sport at the 2009
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Toyota to Customers: Repairs Won't Be Fast
CBS News
Embattled Japanese Auto Maker Begins Shipping New Gas Pedals, but Fixes Cannot Begin until Technicians are Trained | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Play CBS Video Video To...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends
Houston Chronicle
| WASHINGTON - Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. | The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying, charitable giving, racing in the Ameri...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends
The Wichita Eagle
WASHINGTON - Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. | The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying, charitable giving, racing in the America...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, but are they enough?
Star Tribune
| WASHINGTON - Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. | The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying, charitable giving, racing in the Ameri...
NC examining cig stamps again to deter smuggling
The News & Observer
| RALEIGH, N.C. -- For years, buying low-tax North Carolina cigarettes and selling them on the black market in a high-tax state up north has been an easy way to make big money for criminal enterprises. | Load up a van of Camels or Marlboros and reap ...



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