Toyota's profit slides but world's top automaker raises full year forecast on sales recovery

By Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press

Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Director Takahiko Ijichi speaks during a press conference at its Tokyo headquarters in Tokyo, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. The world's biggest automaker reported a 39 percent slide in quarterly profit but raised its full-year forecasts for earnings and car sales as business booms in Asia and other emerging markets. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) 

 

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