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(Best Syndication News) Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced a profit for their fourth quarter Thursday. Sales were down nearly 900,000 units worldwide (around 14 percent) for the 9 months ending December 31st 2009. Sagging sales and recalls have cast a dark shadow on the city of Toyota Japan.
The company was able to post a $1.68 billion profit the last three months ending December 31 2009. This is better than expected and better than the $1.8 billion they lost the same quarter a year earlier. Thomson Reuters expected a profit of 87.7 billion yen ($960 million).
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(Best Syndication News) Lawmakers are expanding their investigation into the problems with Toyota’s sticky pedal. Rather than only focusing on the pedal, mat and assembly, it may be possible that there is trouble with the software and electronics. “We will continue to investigate all possible causes of these safety issues,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement today.
Now investigators in Japan and the United States are investigating problems with the brakes in Toyota Prius hybrid models. Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak, has said he has complained to U.S. government officials for two months now but no one has listened. Finally he went public with his concerns.
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(Best Syndication News) On Wednesday’s Dr. Oz Show, the doctor talked about weight loss and hiccups. Apparently hiccups are a survival mechanism. But what really causes them?
How Do We Hiccup:
One guest thought gas caused hiccups. Without telling her if she was right, Oz explained what causes hiccups. An animation helped explain it. When the diaphragm pops down, the lungs are “sucked” down. This is a traditional way for us to move air in and out of the lungs.
When we hiccup the diaphragm spasms, and when that happens it dramatically pulls the lungs down. This can cause a hiccup and the sound we hear.
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[Best Syndication News] Movie Gallery Inc. has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy proceedings. This reorganization will cause the company to close 760 Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video, and Game Crazy stores across the United States. Stores in Canada are not affected by the restructuring.
The store closures are happening because they have not been profitable. There will remain 1,906 stores in the U.S., including 1,111 Movie Gallery, 545 Hollywood Video and 250 Game Crazy store locations that will continue to operate, however the corporation warns that they will more than likely will be closing more stores during the Chapter 11 process.
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[Best Syndication News] The singer, Etta James, who is is made famous for the song “At Last,” has been in a Riverside California hospital after coming down with sepsis which was caused by a urinary tract infection.
James' son Donto told local news station KTLA that she has been addicted to painkillers and has been in rehab for it for the past month. He also told CNN news that she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease last year, and that she is very confused at the moment. James has two sons and she is 72 years old.
There was a tiff about a year ago, when Beyonce sang her song “At Last” for the inauguration of President Obama and his wife Michelle. She felt left out because it was her, that made the song famous in the first place.
