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Incentives lift Toyota U.S. sales, market share
Toyota’s U.S. sales are on track this month to benefit from the company’s incentives program implemented after its recall woes, an industry-tracking group says.
Canadian Markets: Canadian market reverses higher to end session
Canada's main stock market index finishes higher after swinging between gains and losses for most of Thursday's session.
California group in China to lobby for BYD plant
A delegation that includes officials from Lancaster, Calif., travels to China to meet with electric car maker BYD about locating an assembly plant in the city.
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