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(Reuters) – A senior executive of Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said on Tuesday he expects the automaker to be able to build Prius gas-electric hybrid cars in North America from the next remodeling.
Atsushi Niimi, Toyota executive vice president in charge of production, also said he expects a slow recovery in the U.S. market.
(Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim)
July 27 (Reuters) – A senior executive of Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said on Tuesday he expects the automaker to be able to build Prius gas-electric hybrid cars in North America from the next remodelling.
Atsushi Niimi, Toyota executive vice president in charge of production, also said he expects a slow recovery in the U.S. market. (Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim)
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July 14 (Reuters) – Nufarm (NUF.AX), an Australian farm chemicals group one-fifth owned by Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical (4005.T), axed its full year profit forecast on Wednesday, blaming bad weather in North America and Europe hitting demand.
Nufarm also raised its forecast for net debt for the year to July 31, 2010.
It is now expecting a full-year profit around A$55 million to A$65 million, down from an earlier forecast between A$80 million and A$100 million.
The group’s shares, down 50 percent so far this year, were on a trading halt pending the performance update.
The new forecast was as much as 43 percent below analysts’ estimates around A$95.7 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, even following a slew of broker downgrades over the past three weeks. (Reporting by Sonali Paul; editing by Balazs Koranyi)
June 16 (Reuters) – World number two truck maker Volvo (VOLVb.ST) said on Wednesday shipments of its trucks rose 44 percent year-on-year in May as markets recovered from the worst downturn in decades.
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Volvo, which sells trucks under the Renault, Mack, UD Trucks and Eicher brands as well as its own name, said shipments rose 25 percent in Europe from a year ago while they climbed 35 percent in North America.
In Asia, where the economic upturn has been firmer than on both sides of the Atlantic while Volvo has fortified its position through acquisitions in recent years, deliveries shot up 90 percent from a year ago.
Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by seven wickets, with more than four overs to spare, in a low-scoring Twenty20 international in Florida on Sunday.
The tied two-match series was the first time that two test-playing nations had met in an official game in the United States.
Hopes of introducing the American public to a format of cricket that usually brings big hitting and non-stop action were dashed, however, by a slow and low surface that made scoring difficult.
Nevertheless, the Sri Lankan supporters who had travelled from across North America to the only purpose-built cricket stadium in the States for the game enjoyed a rare chance to see their favourites perform.
Nuwan Kulasekara ripped through the New Zealand top order as he took three wickets in the second over, removing openers Brendon McCullum and Aaron Redmond and Rob Nicol with some excellent swing bowling.
“This wicket really was ideally suited to Kulasekera, there was a little bit of something in it early on and he took full advantage of it with some magical bowling,” said Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara.
As in Saturday’s game, New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori got to grips with conditions, making a stabilising 27.
Nathan McCullum’s unbeaten 36 took New Zealand to 81 before they were bowled out in the 18th over.
Vettori, who was full of praise for the weekend’s event, said the wicket was “not too far away” from what he would expect for an international but refused to blame it for his team’s performance.
“I think it was just very good bowling. Sri Lanka adapted to the conditions and bowled very straight and took wickets with some very good balls. Thirteen for five was always going to be difficult to come back from,” he said.
Sri Lanka, who had lost Saturday’s opening game of the series, were never in trouble, with Tillakaratne Dilshan’s unbeaten 33 guiding his team to a comfortable victory.
(Editing by Clare Fallon; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
Washington, May 21 (ANI): Researchers in University of Alberta have found in a study that children in playgrounds aren’t at risk from pressure treated wooden playground structures.
For parents who love to take their kids to the playground every summer, this is a great bit of news.
Chris Le, a scientist in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, can put to rest any safety concerns regarding playgrounds made of chromated copper arsenate-treated wood.
The study compared arsenic levels in urine and saliva samples of children playing in eight pressure treated wooden playgrounds and those in eight playgrounds made of other materials.
It found no significant difference in the concentration of arsenic species in children playing on playgrounds with or without the chemically treated wood – and hence concluded that CCA treated wood in playgrounds is not likely to significantly contribute to the overall arsenic exposure in children.
Around 70 per cent of playgrounds in North America are made with pressure-treated wood. Le and his group want to encourage children to stay physically active, just make sure to wash their hands after play. (ANI)
FRANKFURT, March 3 (Reuters) – Adidas (ADSG.DE), the world’s No. 2 sports goods maker, expects to grow faster this year in North America than the No. 1, arch rival Nike (NKE.N), Adidas Chief Executive Herbert Hainer said on Wednesday.
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“I am convinced that Adidas and Reebok will grow this year in North America,” Hainer said. “I think we will grow more in North America than Nike. But I have no proof yet.”
Hainer said the main risk this year was the economic crisis, having singled out currency fluctuations as the key risk last year.
(Reporting by Eva Kuehnen)
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Kuala Lumpur, Sep 19 (ANI): Beyonce Knowles is all set to perform in Kuala Lumpur next month, two years after cancelling her Malaysian concert.
Kuala Lumpur is one of her destinations in the ‘I Am…’ world tour which spans North America, Europe and Asia.
The ‘Baby boy’ singer is scheduled to stage her first concert in Malaysia at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, at 8pm on Oct 25, reports the Star Online.
The singer was originally slated to perform in Malaysia in 2007, but cancelled her concert following protests from PAS Youth and she headed for Jakarta instead.
The world tour comes with the release of her third studio album, ‘I Am… Sasha Fierce’, which features hits like ‘If I Were a Boy’, ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)’, ‘Halo’, ‘Sweet Dreams’ and ‘Broken-Hearted Girl’.
Beyonce, along with Black Eyed Peas and Jacky Cheung, will also perform at F1 ROCKS Singapore with LG on Sept 26. (ANI)
London, September 10 (ANI): A gorilla-like creature that resembles the mythical creature ‘Bigfoot’ is causing excitement on the web after being photographed in the back garden of a home in Kentucky in the US.
According to a report in the Telegraph, the large, hairy beast can be seen in a blurry picture taken on an automatic camera set up by an amateur hunter.
While flicking through images of rabbits and deer, Kenny Mahoney noticed a dark, humanoid creature that does not look like any of the southern US state’s known native species.
The mystery animal’s head appears too small for it to be a bear, leaving Mahoney wondering whether he had accidentally captured one of the clearest ever photos of Bigfoot.
“It looked like it had the outline of a head, and like gorilla type shoulders, and then the arms crossed is what it looks like to me,” said Mahoney.
“One of the explanations my brother-in-law said it may be a garbage bag blowed up in there, but all the smashed over vegetation in there – I really don’t know. I have no idea what it is,” he added.
Mahoney said he is very doubtful that the creature in the photo is Bigfoot.
His wife Margaret has sent the image to a wildlife expert in the hope of getting it identified.
The mythical ape-like creature Bigfoot is most regularly sighted in the forests in the northwestern states and provinces of North America, although last month a teenage girl in Poland reported seeing a similar beast.
Last year, two men in the US state of Georgia claimed to have discovered a body of Bigfoot, but subsequently confessed that photos they produced as “proof” of their find actually showed a rubber ape costume. (ANI)
Ottawa, September 7 (ANI): In a new project, a team of archeologists is planning to search for the remains of a 510-year-old church on the western shore of Conception Bay, Newfoundland, which may be the oldest Christian site in the New World.
According to a report in the National Post, the project is aimed at adding to a string of recent discoveries about explorer John Cabot’s history-making voyages to Canada in the late 15th century.
The recent emergence of new evidence about Cabot’s voyages, including potentially “revolutionary” findings by the late British historian Alwyn Ruddock, has renewed interest in England’s earliest New World ventures during the reign of King Henry VII.
Canwest News Service recently revealed a researcher’s discovery of a 1499 letter in which Henry VII himself describes a previously unknown expedition to Canada headed by William Weston, a Bristol merchant who is finally emerging – five centuries after his death – as a key backer of Cabot’s quest to establish an English foothold in North America.
The king’s letter also contained the earliest known use of the phrase “new founde land” to describe Canada’s easternmost province, which Cabot is believed to have reached in June 1497 – the first European landfall in North America since the age of the Vikings.
Bizarrely, the recent spate of revelations from the dawning days of Canadian history follows Prof. Ruddock’s order – carried out by the executors of her will after she died in 2005 — that her unpublished research be destroyed.
But, through a project headed by University of Bristol historian Evan Jones, Prof. Pope and other scholars are combing through a small collection of Prof. Ruddock documents that survived destruction and may point the way to fresh discoveries – including the suspected Catholic mission at Carbonear.
In the outline for a book she never completed, Prof. Ruddock claimed to have found documents detailing the establishment of a church at Carbonear.
Historians generally believe Cabot perished during the voyage, and little was accomplished by any of the ships involved in the expedition.
But Prof. Ruddock’s sketchy references to a New World church built as early as 1498 has electrified Prof. Jones and other researchers.
“If she were correct, this would be the first European Christian settlement in North America, with the church Prof. Ruddock mentions being the first built on the continent,” said Jones. (ANI)
Washington, September 6 (ANI): Reports indicate that most glaciers in Washington and Alaska in the US are dramatically shrinking in response to a warming climate.
During the past 50 years, USGS (US Geological Survey) scientists have measured changes in the mass (length and thickness) of three glaciers: Alaska’s Gulkana and Wolverine Glaciers and Washington’s South Cascade Glacier.
These are the longest such records in North America and among the longest in the world.
These three glaciers are known as benchmark glaciers because they are widely spaced, represent different climate regimes, and can be used to understand the thousands of other glaciers in nearby regions.
In addition to these three glaciers, more than 99 percent of America’s thousands of large glaciers have long documented records that show an overall shrinkage as climate warms. (ANI)
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The Mazda3 is a compact car manufactured in Japan by the Mazda Motor Corporation. It was introduced for the 2004 model year, replacing the Mazda Familia. A more performance-oriented version of the Mazda3 is marketed as Mazdaspeed3 in North America and Mazda3 MPS in Europe.
A second generation Mazda3 for the 2010 model year was unveiled in late 2008, with the sedan premiering at the Los Angeles Auto Show and the hatchback at the Bologna Auto Show.
Mazda has restyled the exterior to reflect its current design language, and incorporated LED tail lamps and a dual exhaust. Engines include retaining the same 2.0L engine, while the 2.3L engine has been replaced with the 2.5L straight-4 shared with the second-generation Mazda6.
Mazda has not confirmed whether the new design is based on the current C1 platform or the CD3. The new model is expected to be wider, longer and lighter than the current Mazda3; the North American market’s base 2.0L engine is expected to receive a modest boost in power. The 2.3L engine will be replaced with a 2.5L engine that produces 167 bhp (125 kW; 169 PS) and 167 lbs of tq. In other continents it is also expected to receive a 2.2L turbodiesel engine.Car and Driver had earlier mentioned a possible 1.6L rotary engine, which most likely will not happen.
Mazda unveiled the 2010 Mazda3 sedan at the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 19, 2008. The new Mazda3 is slightly larger than the old Mazda3, and is available in “i” and “s” versions. The “i” is powered by a 148 horsepower (110 kW) 2.0L engine while the “s” is powered by a 167 horsepower (125 kW) 2.5L engine adapted from the Mazda6. Both engines are also available in PZEV versions, the 2.0 producing 144 hp (107 kW) and the 2.5 producing 165 hp (123 kW). The 3s Grand Touring model adds leather seats, power driver’s seat with memory, rain-sensing windshield wipers, dual-zone automatic climate control, and steerable active bi-xenon headlights as standard equipment.
The European model of the Mazda 3 will include the i-stop feature which is claimed to increase fuel economy by roughly 12% . This feature stops the engine each time the car comes to a complete stop, it quickly starts up again without the need of a starter when the vehicle proceeds. Like the previous generation, the Mazda3 hatchback variant has been selected as the basis for the 2nd generation Mazdaspeed3.
The hatchback was unveiled a few weeks after the sedan at the Bologna Motor Show. Full details and images of the high-powered Mazda3 MPS were released at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2009.
Washington, August 25 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed a rare Clovis point spearhead in the town of Sahuarita, Arizona, US, dating back to 11,000 to 13,000 years, which could help illuminate the way early humans lived in this part of the state.
According to a report in The Sahuarita Sun, the white rock spearhead, roughly two inches long and an inch wide and missing its tip, likely dates back 11,000 to 13,000 years when the earliest well-established human inhabitants of North America fastened objects like it to the end of wood poles and hurled them at mammoths, bears and other large prey.
These Clovis people, as they’re now called, are the predecessors of the ancestors of Native Americans.
They hunted and gathered all over the continent and in the Southwest, they primarily inhabited New Mexico and the San Pedro basin, which runs north from Sonora, Mexico, along the San Pedro River in Southeastern Arizona.
As a result, the bulk of the state’s Clovis points are found at mammoth kill-sites near Naco and Sierra Vista.
But a find in the Tucson basin, which roughly covers the area between the Santa Rita Mountains and north Tucson, could indicate a broader inhabitancy, according to Arthur Vokes, who has curated the Arizona State Museum’s architectural repository for nearly 30 years.
“Human beings have been in this region for about 11,000 years or so. It does reflect the age of regular occupation here,” he said.
By examining the type of rock the point is made out of, Vokes said he could learn about ancient trade and hunting routes.
The spearhead was discovered during a routine archaeological survey on Arizona State Trust land by an environmental consulting company, according to Steve Ross, an archaeologist with the State Land Department.
It’s distinguishable from more contemporary arrowheads because it’s larger and matches a style of tool construction used by ancient people halfway around the world.
“Through research, they’ve traced this type of point-making back to the Asia area,” Ross said. “So as they migrated over the land bridge (between modern-day Russia and Alaska,) they brought this type of point-making with them,” he added.
According to Ross, spearheads like it were eventually phased out, perhaps due to extinction of large animals or even the annihilation of the Clovis people by an environmental event, like a comet. (ANI)
London, Aug 21 (ANI): Smokeless tobacco products like snus can higher a person’s risk of having a fatal heart attack or stroke, says a new study.
The research has been published on bmj.com.
To reach the conclusion, the research team, led by Dr Paolo Boffetta at International Agency for Research on Cancer in France, analysed the results of 11 studies carried out in Sweden and North America on the use of smokeless tobacco products and the risk of developing or dying from a heart attack or stroke.
Differences in study design and quality were taken into account to minimise bias.
They found a small increased risk of death from a heart attack or stroke among users of smokeless tobacco products compared with non-users.
Smokeless tobacco caused 0.5 percent of all heart attacks in the United States and 5.6 percent in Sweden. The products were also the cause of 1.7 percent of stroke deaths in the United States and 5.4 percent in Sweden. (ANI)
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