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Toyota Motor Corp's <7203.T> brand Lexus will end its streak of 11 years as the top luxury brand in the U.S. market due to lost sales in the aftermath of the Japan earthquake and tsunami, said Mark Templin, Lexus Division general manager.

Time Inc.'s Fortune magazine released its annual World's largest corporations ranked by revenue that appeared in its annual Fortune Global 500 list.

Big pickup trucks are clogging many U.S. dealer lots, causing headaches for General Motors Co and other automakers, and raising concerns about price wars and lower profits later in the year.

Chevrolet's Volt and Nissan's Leaf are going head-to-head in the electric car battle. But there's differences in the Volt and the Leaf, and both companies are eager to tell you about them.

General Motors is piling up truck inventory at dealers. The company used similar strategy before its bankruptcy and federal government bailout. Should we be concerned?

A study says Toyota leads global companies in total dollars invested in research and development.

Ford Motor Company posted strong sales results for June, up 10 percent from the same month one year ago. General Motors also showed a June sales increase, but its numbers were below analyst expectations.

General Motors sales increased more than 10 percent in June, but the results reported today are lower than analyst expectations.

Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> will continue to slash costs in a bid to swing back to an operating profit on a parent-only basis, The Nikkei business daily reported.

Fewer cars on dealer lots and higher prices -- factors that led to disappointing U.S. auto sales in May -- look to hold June results in check.

Ford Motor Company's turnaround represents America's freedom, taking risk and working hard to get the job done.

Lexus leads the J.D. Power and Associates quality report, while Ford slips in the ranking.

Ford's $1 billion investment in Lincoln is a direct attack on Toyota's luxury Lexus brand

Trouble with new technologies including a clunky control system for its radios pounded Ford Motor Co's ranking in a closely watched quality ranking, just a year after the U.S. brand led its mass-market rivals.

The upcoming releases of 3D Android smartphones HTC Evo 3D and LG Optimus 3D have been keeping developers busy to produce the latest 3D apps. Google's Android is making a leap into the 3D market ahead of Apple's iPhone and App store thanks to the latest offerings of mobile devices which support 3D display features.

Japanese car major Toyota Motors today said that it expects North American vehicle production levels to return to 100 percent in September. Production is recovering earlier than originally anticipated following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Honda Motor Co <7267.T>, struggling to recover from the earthquake in Japan in March, told its U.S. auto dealers to honor discount offers, even on cars they do not have in stock, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

An off-duty police officer was shot in the buttocks during a robbery at an apartment complex in Stone Mountain.

Shares of Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> slid almost 3 percent on Monday after the company forecast a larger-than-expected fall in operating profit as it struggles to restore production following the earthquake in March.

A federal judge said Toyota owners outside California who seek to recover losses in their vehicles' value resulting from unintended acceleration cannot pursue their claims under that state's laws.

Toyota Motor Corp forecast a larger-than-expected 35 percent fall in annual profit on Friday and warned that the strong yen was making it difficult to justify keeping production in Japan.