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• Toyota Raises Profit Forecast on Disaster Recovery

  TOKYO (AP) Toyota is reporting that quarterly profit slid 13.5 percent but is confident enough in a recovery to raise its forecast for annual profit. Toyota Motor Corp. reported Tuesday an 80.9 billion yen ($1.05 billion) profit for the October-December

  02/07/2012 1:38 AM

• Kyrgyzstan Gold Mine Workers go on Strike

  BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) The operator of the largest gold mine in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan says workers have gone on strike in a demand for additional payments to a state social fund. Toronto-based Centerra Gold Inc. said in

  02/07/2012 1:19 AM

• Congress Oks Bill to Prod US Aviation Into New Era

  WASHINGTON (AP) Congress has passed a bill aimed at prodding the nation's aviation system into a new high-tech era in which satellites are central to air traffic control and piloted planes share the skies with unmanned drones. The bill speeds

  02/07/2012 1:18 AM

• Looking For Work? There May be an App For That

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in the apps built for smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network. The demand for those applications has

  02/07/2012 12:05 AM

• Senator Drops Bill After Mortgage Policy Change

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) A state senator is dropping a bill to protect borrowers who had been threatened with foreclosure because they were renting out their homes, saying the measure is no longer necessary because a state agency has reversed its

  02/06/2012 7:42 PM

• Univision, Disney Look at English News Channel

  MIAMI (AP) Two sources say Univision and Disney are close to a deal to create a 24-hour news channel for Latinos in English. Both sources, who are close to the deal, declined to go on the record Monday because they

  02/06/2012 7:31 PM

• Ohio Jury Awards $11.6M Verdict to Rendering Plant

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A jury has awarded $11.6 million to a former Ohio rendering plant that said the government was to blame for a 2005 sewage backup caused damage to equipment. The Columbus Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/yzPLe5 ) Inland Products accused

  02/06/2012 6:52 PM

• Senate Passes Faa Bill That Speeds Switch to Gps

  WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate has passed a compromise bill that speeds up the Federal Aviation Administration's switch from old-fashioned radar to an air traffic control system based on GPS technology. It also requires opening U.S. skies to drone flights within

  02/06/2012 6:06 PM

• Slaughterhouse Workers Get Class-Action Status

  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has granted conditional class-action status to a lawsuit filed on behalf of an estimated 700 workers at a slaughterhouse in Kansas. Monday's ruling would include all hourly production employees subjected to "gang time" compensation

  02/06/2012 5:53 PM

• Group Fighting Public Pensions Makes Visit to Ohio

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A conservative national group campaigning to cut pension benefits for government employees has released data singling out Ohio government workers it says will reap hefty annual payouts in retirement. Taxpayers United of America kicked off a statewide

  02/06/2012 4:51 PM