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Instant view: Toyota Q3 profit jumps, raises forecasts

TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp reported a stronger-than-expected quarterly operating profit, shrugging off a firm yen and the damaging impact of flooding in Thailand, and raised its annual forecast, helped by cost cuts and Japanese government subsidies.

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Instant view: Sony posts $1.2 billion quarterly operating loss

- Japanese electronics firm Sony Corp disappointed with a 91.7 billion yen ($1.2 billion) operating loss in October-December that was worse than analysts' estimates as it battled a strong yen, Thai floods and a dull economy.

Japan, Tech, Media, iPad 02 Feb 2012

Honda slashes profit outlook on disasters, sees rebound

TOKYO - Honda Motor Co slashed its annual profit guidance to the lowest level in three years as it counted the cost of natural disasters in Japan and Thailand and a strong yen. But it forecast a healthy rebound next year. | Video

Japan, 31 Jan 2012

Gunfight erupts in Thai south, four rebels dead

YALA, Thailand - Troops killed four suspected insurgents during a gunfight in Thailand's restive Muslim southernmost provinces, the military said Monday, the latest unrest in a region plagued by years of separatist violence.

World, 30 Jan 2012

Special Report: In Mekong, Chinese murders and bloody diplomacy

ON THE MEKONG RIVER - A thin line divides tourism, trade and terror in the Golden Triangle, where the lawless borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet.

World, United Nations, Special Reports 27 Jan 2012

Bomb material found in Thailand after terror warnings

BANGKOK - Thai police discovered bomb-making materials after the detention of a Lebanese man suspected of planning an attack, but the prime minister insisted on Monday that everything was under control. | Video

World, 16 Jan 2012

Thailand's Election

Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets journalists outside his home in Dubai, after Puea Thai Party's Yingluck Shinawatra announced her coalition in Bangkok July 4, 2011. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh

Thai election unlikely to end power battle

Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra has been dealt a favorable hand with the Puea Thai Party's landslide win, but analysts say the rivalry between him and conservatives is so deep that future confrontation seems inevitable.  Full Article 

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