Toyota Motor and its subsidiaries, Daihatsu Motor and Hino Motors, have announced that their worldwide vehicle production in July 2010 increased 10.7% to 714,426 units, compared to July 2009.
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Maximising return on investment through product life cycle management
14th - 15th September 2010, BSG Conference Centre, London, UK

Pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies are under severe pressure to improve product pipelines, accelerate time to market, and improve margins on existing products, while maintaining strict adherence to quality principles and regulatory requirements. It is imperative that pharmaceutical and biotech companies address these business challenges to stay competitive, increase revenue, enhance profit, and reduce the risk of noncompliance.
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BMW is to use carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic to manufacture the body of its forthcoming Megacity electric car. The material is expected to reduce the car’s weight by 250-350kg, thereby significantly increasing its driving range, which was previously a major resistor to the uptake of electric/hybrid cars. This should lead to a rise in adoption rates, especially in the luxury segment.
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GlobalData’s report Top 10 Oil & Gas US Royalty Trusts – Financial & Operational Fundamental Analysis and Benchmarking – 2010 provides analysis on the financial and operational parameters of the Top 10 Oil & Gas US Royalty Trusts. The report analyses the performance of companies based on indicators such as reserves & production, capital expenditure, costs, acreage, performance metrics, results of oil & gas operations and valuation metrics. It helps in spotting strengths and weaknesses of the 10 leading US royalty trusts.

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Toyota Motor Sales USA has reported that it will launch a voluntary safety recall on approximately 3,800 Lexus late 2009 and certain 2010 model year LS 460 and LS 600h L vehicles in the US equipped with variable gear ratio steering to address a temporary steering wheel off-center condition that may develop under a specific driving maneuver. No other Toyota, Lexus, or Scion vehicles are involved in this recall.

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MDRNA, a drug discovery and development company, has announced a study effort with Pfizer. The relationship will focus on the evaluation of MDRNA’s proprietary di-alkylated amino acids, or DiLA2, platform and UsiRNA constructs for RNA interference. Additional details of the collaboration were not disclosed.
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Amazon.com, an online retailer, has announced that its Kindle App for iPad is now available in the App Store.

According to the company, the application lets users to select from more than 450,000 books from the Kindle Store on iPad and features Amazon Whispersync technology that saves and synchronizes customers’ last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across their Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, iPad, and more.
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New Datamonitor research has revealed that pharmaceutical companies will struggle to profit from the cardiovascular disease market over the next decade, despite growing drug usage. Patent expiries and generic competition will have a major impact and Datamonitor expects only AstraZeneca and Novo Nordisk to generate positive sales growth in this sector out to 2018.
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The Finish based publisher Global Research & Data Services has published several new reports concerning the market for construction machinery in 10 different European countries.

These market analyses give a clear overview of the actual situation and future outlook of the construction machinery market in the corresponding countries. The subjects discussed in the market analyses include:

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Despite reporting a slight increase in overall sales for November, McDonald’s financial results also showed some declines in key markets. The company’s US sales fell for the third consecutive month, while sales in China also suffered a slump after previously robust growth. McDonald’s will need to act quickly in order to ensure that these downwards trends do not become established.

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