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Ferrari is recalling its new 458 Italia model after several vehicles were reported to have burst into flames.

After ending August in a slump, oil prices surged into September, rallying nearly 3% Wednesday, and continuing to move higher Thursday following news of an oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

China's manufacturing sector rebounded in August, calming some fears about the pace of that country's growth.

World markets slumped Tuesday, with the Nikkei ending at a 16-month low, as the yen remained strong despite efforts by the Bank of Japan to keep a lid on the Japanese currency's rise.

India will delay banning BlackBerry services pending a 60-day security test, the country's home affairs department said Monday.

The Bank of Japan eased its monetary policy at an emergency meeting Monday morning, in an effort to curb the yen's strength and lift the country's struggling economy -- though the move was not enough to satisfy investors.

French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi-Aventis is stepping up the pressure on U.S. biotech firm Genzyme, going public with an $18.5 billion cash offer and hinting it may consider a hostile takeover if Genzyme refuses to talk.

A new law requiring oil companies to disclose all payments made to governments has sparked a sharp debate, with Big Oil saying it will put it at a big competitive disadvantage.

Ford Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it will ramp up its presence in the fast-growing Asian and African markets.

Toyota Motor Corp. said it was recalling 1.33 million Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles on Thursday, citing problems in engines' electronic control units that have allegedly led to three accidents.

Toyota said Tuesday it will begin selling a noise-making device for its popular Prius hybrids in Japan that is designed to alert pedestrians when the quiet, gasoline-electric vehicle is approaching.

The board of directors of Canadian fertilizer manufacturer PotashCorp. told its shareholders Monday to reject a $38.6 billion hostile takeover bid from Australian mining company BHP Billiton, saying it's in talks with other parties about "superior offers."

The Japanese yen surged to a fresh 15-year high against the U.S. dollar Tuesday, after the Japanese government failed to say it would take steps to curb the currency's strength amid growing concerns about the pace of the recovery.
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There's a debate brewing in the world of do-gooder banking, pitting the father of microfinance Muhammad Yunus against a few entrepreneurs who have put an unlikely spin on Yunus' model of lending to the poor.

Struggling under mounting congestion problems and facing an explosion in automobile sales, China may build a novel bus-train hybrid people-mover that rolls over cars.
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Demographics in the U.S., with a smaller proportion of older people than Japan, could prevent a Lost Decade.

On Monday, Alcon, the world's largest eyecare company, held a emergency board meeting in a cramped conference room at a non-descript business center in Zug, Switzerland. Only four or five reporters attended, and ten of the fifteen chairs reserved for shareholders sat vacant. The conclave lasted just 45 minutes.

Mining giant BHP Billiton said Wednesday that it would take its $38.6 billion cash offer for Potash Corp. directly to the shareholders, a day after the world's largest fertilizer producer rejected unsolicited takeover bid.

It's been a dismal week for the economy all around, with an abundance of gloomy data pummeling recovery hopes. The oil market felt the brunt of the blows.


