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Tepco board feels heat at AGM
Tokyo Electric Power Company faced pressure on Tuesday from angry shareholders to shut all its reactors.
Japan’s ‘throwaway’ nuclear workers
The previously undisclosed hiring of welders from the US and South-east Asia underscores the way Tokyo Electric outsourced its riskiest work.
Engineers knew tsunami could overwhelm plant
Officials and Tokyo Electric Power have described the combination of a powerful quake and tsunami as <i>soteigai</i>, or beyond expectations.
Fuel storage, safety issues vexed Japan plant
When the tsunami smacked into Fukushima Daiichi, the nuclear power plant was stacked high with more uranium than it was originally designed to hold.
Japan lays power cable in race to stop radiation
Engineers attached a power cable to the outside of Japan’s tsunami-crippled nuclear plant on Saturday in an attempt to get the water pumps going.
Toyota’s US sales reel from crisis as GM, Ford surge
Toyota sales dropped 16% in January as the carmaker reeled from a massive recall and rivals Ford and General Motors surged past it in the US market.
US holds Nigerian man in Detroit plane attack plan
A Nigerian man with possible links to al-Qaeda militants was in custody on Saturday after he tried to ignite an explosive device on a US plane.
Al-Qaeda-linked Nigerian tries to blow up US plane
A Nigerian man linked to al-Qaeda tried to set off an explosive device aboard a US passenger plane as it approached Detroit on Friday.
GM trundles toward bankruptcy
General Motors will file for bankruptcy on Monday, forcing the 100-year-old carmaker into a new and uncertain era of government ownership.
Chrysler to idle plants as pressure builds for aid
Chrysler said on Wednesday that it would halt factory operations for at least a month, putting new pressure on the Bush administration.
GM and Ford report deep losses
General Motors and Ford reported far deeper-than-expected quarterly losses on Friday and said their rate of cash burn had accelerated
GM posts $15,5bn loss as sales sputter
General Motors posted a ,5bn loss as North American sales dropped by 20% and plunging prices for SUVs prompted charges for its finance business.
Elvis fans all shook up for anniversary
Elvis Presley fans from around the world gathered outside his Memphis home on Wednesday to mark the 30th anniversary of his death in an event meant both to honour the singer’s…
‘Dr Death’ Kevorkian leaves prison
Jack Kevorkian, the United States assisted suicide advocate dubbed ”Dr Death”, stepped free from a Michigan prison on Friday with few words but plans for a media blitz to support…
‘Dr Death’ set to speak out after prison release
Jack Kevorkian, the assisted suicide advocate known as ”Dr Death,” steps out of prison on Friday and back into the debate over whether the terminally ill have a right to end…