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Toyota To Restart Mississippi Auto Plant (Jun-17, 15:48 EDT )-- Toyota will resume construction of a plant in Mississippi, hiring 2,000 workers with the goal of building compact Corolla sedans by the fall of 2011, the Japanese automaker said. The plant in Blue Springs, Miss., has been on hold since late 2008.
Groups Exempt From Ad Rules Under House Deal (Jun-17, 15:43 EDT )-- House Democrats agreed to exempt an unspecified number of large, well-known interest groups from proposed new disclosure requirements on political advertising on Thursday, seeking to quell charges they were giving special treatment to the powerful NRA.
F.C.C. Moves Toward Deeper Broadband Role (Jun-17, 15:11 EDT )-- The commission is looking to give itself the authority to regulate the transmission component of broadband Internet service.
In China’s Energy Plan, Security Tops Environment (Jun-17, 15:11 EDT )-- Global warming remains a secondary concern as China drafts a comprehensive energy law.
Wall Street Manages a Small Gain (Jun-17, 15:11 EDT )-- Shares turned higher in the final minutes, overcoming reports on jobless filings and on manufacturing that came in weaker than expected.
Higher Prices = Less Soda Drinking (Jun-17, 15:01 EDT )-- A new study test a big increase in the price of soda and finds a big drop in consumption.
Toyota Tumbles in Initial Quality Survey (Jun-17, 14:43 EDT )-- Recalls seemed to have affected owners Toyota vehicles in their response to the J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study.
U.S. Reveals Mortgage Fraud Crackdown (Jun-17, 14:41 EDT )-- The government says prosecutors have charged 1,215 people in hundreds of mortgage fraud cases that resulted in estimated losses of $2.3 billion.
On Refusing to Disclose Your Salary in a Job Interview (Jun-17, 14:20 EDT )-- A script for how to refuse to disclose your current or old salary information during a job interview.
Let the (Smaller) Crooks Alone (Jun-17, 14:13 EDT )-- The financial reform bill now being debated could repeal a vital law to protect shareholders of smaller companies from fraud.
BP Chief Gives House Panel an Apology but Few Answers (Jun-17, 14:03 EDT )-- BP’s chief executive, Tony Hayward, was for the first time forced to defend his company’s actions publicly under mainly harsh questioning in Congress.
News Analysis: E.C.B. Asserts Less Spending Leads to Faster Growth (Jun-17, 14:01 EDT )-- A report by the European Central Bank helps clarify why policy makers have been haranguing even less-indebted countries like Germany to cut their budgets.
Louisiana Politics And The Oil Industry (Jun-17, 14:00 EDT )-- Long before the Deepwater Horizon rig began spewing oil into the Gulf, the oil industry was blamed for a dramatic loss of fragile wetlands along the Louisiana coast. Melissa Block talks to Mark Davis, who directs the Tulane University Institute on...
Planet Money: Avoiding Government Oversight (Jun-17, 14:00 EDT )-- Regulators often get bested by the powerful vested interests they oversee. It doesn't matter whether it's oil, mining or banking. Companies figure out ways to avoid government oversight. There's even a name for it -- "regulatory capture."
The Growing Push to Impose a Transaction Tax (Jun-17, 13:53 EDT )-- Europe is seeking a tax on financial transactions and a new report contends it would curb speculation. But Washington does not support this tax -- at least for now.
Putting A Price On BP's Responsibility To Gulf (Jun-17, 12:00 EDT )-- BP agreed to put $20 billion into an escrow fund to pay the claims of Gulf residents hurt by the leak. When BP CEO Tony Hayward faced a panel on Capitol Hill Thursday, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) called the deal a "$20 billion shakedown" of the oil company....
Toyota to Resume Construction of Mississippi Plant (Jun-17, 11:59 EDT )-- The carmaker halted the project in the fall of 2008 when auto sales plunged. The company will build Corollas, not S.U.V.’s or hybrids as previously planned.
E.U. Agrees to Publish Results of Stress Tests on Biggest Banks (Jun-17, 11:29 EDT )-- The European Union's move is aimed at restoring confidence in the health of the bloc's financial sector, but the agreement only covers the top 25 banks.
Live Blogging BP's Tony Hayward in Congress (Jun-17, 11:27 EDT )-- On Tuesday, The Lede is following testimony to Congress from BP's chief executive, Tony Hayward.
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