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Japanese automakers push on profit accelerator

A Toyota Motor employee works on an assembly line for the Corolla Axio at a plant in the village of Ohira, northern Japan

Japanese automakers are stepping on the profit accelerator as a weak yen, recovering US demand and the fading impact of a consumer boycott in China boost their bottom line.

CO2 pollution levels at annual record high says UN WMO

Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of World Meteorological Organization, WMO, informs the media about the annual greenhouse gas bulletin in the atmosphere during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. The U.N. weather agency says concentrations of carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere have accelerated and reached a record high in 2012. WMO says carbon dioxide was measured at 393.1 parts per million last year, up 2.2 ppm from the previous year.

World carbon dioxide pollution levels in the atmosphere are accelerating and reached a record high in 2012, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday.

Glasgow and Newcastle are the worst cities for illegal exterior lighting

Glasgow and Newcastle are the worst cities for illegal exterior lighting

Glasgow and Newcastle are the worst places in the UK for failed or illegal headlights, according to a study from Halfords.

Ukraine, Chevron sign $10-bn shale gas deal

L-R: Chevron's General Manager for Europe Derek Magness and Ukraine's Ministrer of Ecology and Natural Resources Eduard Stavytsky shake hands during a ceremony in Kiev on November 5, 2013

Ukraine and US energy giant Chevron signed a $10-billion shale gas deal on Tuesday that the ex-Soviet nation hopes could end its energy dependence on Russia by 2020.

Toyota plaintiffs may benefit from ‘ghost’ theory

Toyota plaintiffs may benefit from 'ghost' theory

A key victory for victims’ lawyers in late October may give plaintiffs extra ammunition in their fight against Toyota  when lawyers head to U.S. District Court in Santa Ana in March to argue claims that Toyota vehicles accelerate without warning.