Toyoda slips into China on damage control mission (Reuters)

Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda sought to ease quality concerns during a low-key visit to China on Monday, fresh from a grueling hearing in the U.S. Congress over his company’s biggest safety crisis.

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Toyota chief visits China amid recall woes (AP)

AP - Toyota President Akio Toyoda’s visit to China to talk about his company’s quality problems reflects the fast-growing Chinese market’s importance to automakers as they struggle with weak global sales.

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Oil rises above $80 as regional stocks gain (AP)

AP - Oil prices rose above $80 a barrel Monday in Asia as crude traders followed regional stock markets higher.

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Asian stock markets gain for 2nd day (AP)

AP - Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with Hong Kong’s index up nearly 2 percent, after China said manufacturing continued to grow last month albeit at a slower pace.

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Republicans want hearing on Fannie/Freddie bailout (Reuters)

Reuters - Two key Republicans are urging the House of Representatives to speed up a public hearing to investigate the administration’s bailout of home funding giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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White House: Simple up-or-down vote on health care (AP)

AP - The White House called for a “simple up-or-down” vote on health care legislation Sunday as Speaker Nancy Pelosi appealed to House Democrats to get behind President Barack Obama’s chief domestic priority even it if threatens their political careers.

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Germany’s Merck buying Millipore for $6B plus debt (AP)

AP - Germany’s Merck KGaA said Sunday that it will pay $6 billion in cash to buy U.S. biotech equipment maker Millipore Corp. in a move to expand its presence beyond drugs and chemicals and into the life science sector.

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AIG agrees to $35.5 billion unit sale to Prudential: source (Reuters)

Reuters - American International Group Inc agreed to a $35.5 billion sale of its Asian life insurance unit to Britain’s Prudential Plc , in a deal that would allow the insurer to repay the U.S. government a substantial amount of its taxpayer bailout debt, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

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JFK runway closure to rattle nerves, wallets (AP)

AP - One runway, a whole lot of problems.

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Opel to launch inner-city electric car (AFP)

AFP - Ailing carmaker Opel is considering launching an electric car for inner-city use to tap what it sees as a high-potential market, the firm’s boss said in an interview Sunday.

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