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Toyota joined several other Japanese car makers Wednesday in reporting its first increase in monthly domestic output since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami on March 11 disrupted their production.

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Toyota Hits Production Stride

Thailand’s PTT Exploration & Production won’t have its Australian oil licences revoked after cooperating with authorities and improving its operations following the 2009 Montara oil spill.

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Australia Allows PTT to Keep Oil Licenses

Beijing will renew efforts to reduce the production capacity of China’s sprawling steel industry, as its largest steel mills continued last year to make only limited progress in the industry’s consolidation.

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China to Renew Push to Consolidate Steel Sector

Thailand’s PTT Exploration & Production signed a $2.28 billion deal to acquire a 40% stake in the Kai Kos Dehseh oil sands project in Canada from Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil.

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PTT to Buy Oil-Sands Stake

Given this, she will probably withdraw her production from the broader economy, and we will spit at economists who say that ideas like individual rights and justice have no role in economics .

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As China possesses a large population and a vast territory, the time and space span between China’s economy and society is huge. Uneven population distribution and economic development in China determines that the production and market …

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China's building a high speed rail economy and could achieve a 1 …

Most workers striking to demand higher wages returned to their jobs at a Honda plant in southern China after walking off the production line last week.

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Honda’s Striking Workers Return

Aluminum Corp. of China, or Chalco, said it swung to a first-quarter net profit amid a gradual increase in the production and sales of the company’s major products.

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Chalco Posts First-Quarter Profit

If there was any question about how quickly the Chinese think their economy will grow this year, the production targets for Cnooc, its largest off shore oil and gas exploration company, answer them. Cnooc plans to increase production by …

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Some economist suggested limiting the new $7000 tax credit for buying foreclosed homes to cases where the foreclosure process had already been completed before the bill was approved.

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