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Excessive rise of yen undesirable: Japan FM (AFP)

AFP - Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan said Friday that the “excesive rise of the yen was not desirable”, as the Japanese currency rapidly gained on worries over the European economy.

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Toyota invests $50M in Tesla electric car plant (AP)

AP - The heads of Tesla Motors Inc. and Toyota Motors Corp

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Toyota invests $50M in Tesla electric car plant
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Syrupy oil washes into La. marshes for first time (AP)

AP - The spectacle many had feared for a month finally began unfolding as gooey, rust-colored oil washed into the marshes at the mouth of the Mississippi for the first time, stoking public anger and frustration with both BP and the government.

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Cost Plus posts sharply narrower 1st-quarter loss (AP)

AP - Home decorating retailer Cost Plus Inc.

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Cost Plus posts sharply narrower 1st-quarter loss
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Toyota to recall Prius for brake glitch: report (Reuters)

Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp, which has recalled more than 8 million vehicles around the world for problems with accelerators, has decided to recall its new Prius hybrid sold in Japan to fix a braking software glitch, a Japanese newspaper said on Sunday.

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G7 to continue stimulus until global economy on track (AFP)

AFP - Finance ministers from leading industrialized nations vowed to continue epic deficit spending to bolster a fragile global recovery at the end of G7 talks in Canada’s far north.

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