Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/business business Business News en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:31:51 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/business http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall ap/20100210/toyota_recall AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:58:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a34a8a8911f445c09479da1f4f232350.japan_toyota_recall_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=11OK7RB3B9R8O_WVDUbk3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a34a8a8911f445c09479da1f4f232350.japan_toyota_recall_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=11OK7RB3B9R8O_WVDUbk3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship ap/20100210/us_obama_bipartisanship AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:09:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d9c5f1a995ea4a12b64337c259be81bb.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm112.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vSsfLSOLHhDTihR54dGOmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, looks on as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He's scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d9c5f1a995ea4a12b64337c259be81bb.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm112.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vSsfLSOLHhDTihR54dGOmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, looks on as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_insurer_rate_hike ap/20100210/us_health_insurer_rate_hike AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:03:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_insurer_rate_hike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3b4b880d24df46a4bbee78dfc117b6eb.health_insurer_rate_hikes_nybz160.jpg?x=112&y=130&q=85&sig=l33Xz16.QNVWlZNh8s.zqA--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a letter to the president of Anthem Blue Cross, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, she was very disturbed to learn of the planned increases, calling them 'extraordinary.' She said they were hard to understand in light of the profitability of Anthem's parent company, WellPoint Inc.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Cenetafile)" border="0" /></a>AP - For the second time this week, President Barack Obama has pointed to one health insurer's major rate hike in California as a doomy harbinger of rising premiums across America.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_insurer_rate_hike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3b4b880d24df46a4bbee78dfc117b6eb.health_insurer_rate_hikes_nybz160.jpg?x=112&y=130&q=85&sig=l33Xz16.QNVWlZNh8s.zqA--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a letter to the president of Anthem Blue Cross, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, she was very disturbed to learn of the planned increases, calling them 'extraordinary.' She said they were hard to understand in light of the profitability of Anthem's parent company, WellPoint Inc.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Cenetafile)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_honda_recall ap/20100210/us_honda_recall AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:22:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_honda_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.7dd7f398589c4744886d551e8c02382b.honda_recall_nybz180.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=bUfOGc6CKamrSzAYwLvDHg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="FILE - In this July 27, 2005 file photo, the Honda emblem is seen on a dealer's lot in Berlin, Vt. Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_honda_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.7dd7f398589c4744886d551e8c02382b.honda_recall_nybz180.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=bUfOGc6CKamrSzAYwLvDHg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 27, 2005 file photo, the Honda emblem is seen on a dealer's lot in Berlin, Vt. Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/us_nm/us_usa_congress_jobs nm/20100210/us_usa_congress_jobs Reuters business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:29:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/us_nm/us_usa_congress_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.283721c6d586426380517b48f59567d8.obama_dcpm110.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=XpKAccBwER6FRTHnIa_rfw--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="Vice President Joe Biden, far left, takes his seat in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, before the start of a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs. From left are, Biden, House Minority Leader of John Boehner of Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., the president, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Highway funding and tax breaks for hiring workers figure prominently in a jobs-creation bill that Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate hope will attract rare joint support in an election year, lawmakers said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/us_nm/us_usa_congress_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.283721c6d586426380517b48f59567d8.obama_dcpm110.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=XpKAccBwER6FRTHnIa_rfw--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="photo" title="Vice President Joe Biden, far left, takes his seat in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, before the start of a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs. From left are, Biden, House Minority Leader of John Boehner of Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., the president, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_jobs ap/20100210/us_congress_jobs AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:21:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100121/capt.e977af3717a143669ffcbc8181cc8d78.campaign_finance_dclb110.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=L.Nc84wlrObcx_jqHbyQkQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, accompanied by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. talks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, to dicuss campaign finance reform after the Supreme Court ruling. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)" border="0" /></a>AP - Senate Democrats circulated a jobs bill Tuesday that's light on new initiatives on boosting hiring and heavy with provisions sought by lobbyists for business groups, doctors and the satellite broadcasting industry.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100121/capt.e977af3717a143669ffcbc8181cc8d78.campaign_finance_dclb110.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=L.Nc84wlrObcx_jqHbyQkQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, accompanied by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. talks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, to dicuss campaign finance reform after the Supreme Court ruling. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/stockslondon afp/20100209/stockslondon AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:00:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/stockslondon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1253635138236-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=iYALNrt03Y0tRzR7iQDl0Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="The FTSE 100 rose slightly in midday trade despite lingering debt concerns in Europe and as data showed that China overtook Germany last year to become the world's biggest exporting nation.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The FTSE 100 rose slightly on Tuesday despite lingering debt concerns in Europe and as data showed that China overtook Germany last year to become the world's biggest exporting nation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/stockslondon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1253635138236-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=iYALNrt03Y0tRzR7iQDl0Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="The FTSE 100 rose slightly in midday trade despite lingering debt concerns in Europe and as data showed that China overtook Germany last year to become the world's biggest exporting nation.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_fed_bernanke nm/20100209/us_usa_fed_bernanke Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:15:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_fed_bernanke"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.11501b9764db423e9431c56c0ab80629.menendez_bank_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=CY6YNFrkY_tomd3LnCrRmg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="FILE - In this June 17, 2009, file photo Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., listens during the committee's markup hearing on energy legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the summer of 2009 Menendez wrote to FED Chairman Ben Bernanke seeking help for a home state bank, First BankAmericano, operated by campaign contributors, and asked for approval of an acquisition that would have rescued the institution. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's scheduled testimony before Congress on Wednesday has been postponed due to inclement weather, the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_fed_bernanke"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.11501b9764db423e9431c56c0ab80629.menendez_bank_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=CY6YNFrkY_tomd3LnCrRmg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this June 17, 2009, file photo Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., listens during the committee's markup hearing on energy legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the summer of 2009 Menendez wrote to FED Chairman Ben Bernanke seeking help for a home state bank, First BankAmericano, operated by campaign contributors, and asked for approval of an acquisition that would have rescued the institution. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_disney ap/20100210/us_earns_disney AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:37:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_disney"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.29f7efa41fdd49798bded21cd99d18f4.earns_disney_nybz166.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=avZgMUDCOCtpyAzcaVDpRA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2009 file photo, a smiling Doc, one of the Seven Dwarfs from the 1930s Disney classic animated feature, is seen on a building behind a stylized Mickey Mouse figure on a fence at Walt Disney Co. corporate headquarters in Burbank, Calif. Disney Co. releases quarterly financial results after the market close Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Consumers sent tepid signals to The Walt Disney Co. during the holiday quarter, as many of them still required discounts to step into theme parks and reduced spending on food, beverages and merchandise when they got there.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_disney"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.29f7efa41fdd49798bded21cd99d18f4.earns_disney_nybz166.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=avZgMUDCOCtpyAzcaVDpRA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2009 file photo, a smiling Doc, one of the Seven Dwarfs from the 1930s Disney classic animated feature, is seen on a building behind a stylized Mickey Mouse figure on a fence at Walt Disney Co. corporate headquarters in Burbank, Calif. Disney Co. releases quarterly financial results after the market close Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100209/bs_ibd_ibd/20100209top10 ibd/20100209/20100209top10 Investor's Business Daily business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:36:24 GMT Investor's Business Daily - 1 European gov'ts have tentatively agreed to aid heavily indebted Greece, a top German coalition source said. It would be the 1st rescue of a euro zone member in the currency's 11-year history. The actual aid has not been set, though a loan package seems likely. Greece is expected to dominate EU summit talks Thu. The euro rallied, as did stocks and commodities worldwide. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/ks_xgr_kansas_taxes ap/20100209/ks_xgr_kansas_taxes AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:06:29 GMT AP - A Kansas House committee considered a proposal Tuesday that would eliminate some seldom-used income tax credits and improve efficiency within the Department of Revenue. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/bs_afp/greecefinanceeconomystrike afp/20100209/greecefinanceeconomystrike AFP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:17:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/bs_afp/greecefinanceeconomystrike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265745591509-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=3TYPR45BNgbxTW6097EAIw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Greece's Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou arrives for a press conference in the Finance Ministry in Athens. Greece's government on Tuesday unveiled a hike in the average retirement age and called on striking civil servants to accept bonus cuts to pull the country out of an unprecedented financial crisis.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Greece's government on Tuesday unveiled a hike in the average retirement age and called on striking civil servants to accept bonus cuts to pull the country out of an unprecedented financial crisis.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/bs_afp/greecefinanceeconomystrike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265745591509-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=3TYPR45BNgbxTW6097EAIw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Greece's Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou arrives for a press conference in the Finance Ministry in Athens. Greece's government on Tuesday unveiled a hike in the average retirement age and called on striking civil servants to accept bonus cuts to pull the country out of an unprecedented financial crisis.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_bi_ge/us_limited_brands_dividend ap/20100205/us_limited_brands_dividend AP business Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:38:47 GMT AP - Clothing retailer Limited Brands Inc. says it will pay a quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20100209/bs_bw/feb2010bs2010028918003 bw/20100209/feb2010bs2010028918003 BusinessWeek business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:08:41 GMT BusinessWeek - For two years, MBAs have suffered mightily, as the credit crisis, recession, and bursting of the housing bubble have wreaked havoc on the job market. One by one, starting with investment banking, whole industries have erected "MBAs Need Not Apply" signs. One big exception is health care. With the prospect of health-care reform on the horizon, many MBAs are suddenly showing an interest in an industry that until now has attracted only a smattering of business school graduates, and with good reason. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_border_mine ap/20100210/us_border_mine AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:17:00 GMT AP - Leaders of Montana and British Columbia said Tuesday they will ban drilling and mining in a remote valley along the US-Canada border that companies have tried to develop for more than a quarter-century. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/bs_afp/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal afp/20100210/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal AFP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:31:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/bs_afp/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265769100174-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=DtrkQAWzsIctFc7jE4xImQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/bs_afp/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265769100174-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=DtrkQAWzsIctFc7jE4xImQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20100209/bs_bw/jan2010bs20100128021362 bw/20100209/jan2010bs20100128021362 BusinessWeek business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:08:41 GMT BusinessWeek - Last year, one of my best friends at McCombs (McCombs Full-Time MBA Profile) introduced me to the concept of FOMO. In common parlance, it is used as a noun. For example, one might say: "I am having major FOMO about going out of town this weekend." FOMO stands for Fear of Missing Out. Once I learned the concept, I realized I was a lifelong sufferer of FOMO. Like many MBA-types, I sign up for more things than I can possibly attend and wish I could be everywhere (except maybe at an advanced accounting course) because I'm always worried I'll miss out on something. ...