DETROIT — Just when Detroit seemed to be luring them away, Americans are embracing Japanese cars again. Toyota and Honda lost ground last year after the Japanese earthquake limited their supplies. But July’s U.S. sales show they’ve nearly regained what ...

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NEW YORK — Proposals for Internet addresses ending in “.pizza,” ”.space” and “.auto” are among the nearly 2,000 submitted as part of the largest expansion in the online address system. Apple Inc., Sony Corp. and American Express Co. are among ...

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The sixth annual Asian American Business Conference was held on May 22 in Rockville. It attracted over 350 participants and is one of Maryland’s largest Asian business events. While there were many businesspeople whose ancestry traces back to China, Korea, ...

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I’m a lucky person. I landed a job I love. I help nurture businesses that are trying to sell their goods, services and technology in a country of more than 1.2 billion people. It takes about 20 hours to fly ...

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DETROIT — For the first time in more than 20 years, U.S. automakers are questioning a pillar of manufacturing: The practice of bringing parts to assembly lines right before they’re used. So-called just-in-time deliveries have helped automakers save billions and ...

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Maryland’s courts are closed to a Navy commander in his quest for custody of his 9-year-old daughter who has lived her whole life in Japan, the state’s top court held Wednesday. In its 7-0 decision, the Court of Appeals said ...

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TOKYO — Toyota said its quarterly profit slid 18.5 percent to 80.4 billion yen ($1 billion) on plunging sales caused by parts shortages from the tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan and warned it faces a new challenge from flooding in ...

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Cal Ripken Jr. aspires to one day become president and CEO of a major league baseball team. For now, the Hall of Fame infielder is satisfied with his current title: U.S. Public Diplomacy Envoy, a position that provides him the ...

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DETROIT — Parts shortages from three months of catastrophic flooding in Thailand have forced Honda to cut U.S. and Canadian factory production by 50 percent for the second time this year, the automaker said Monday. The cuts, which come just ...

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WASHINGTON — Organizers of the National Cherry Blossom Festival are expanding the festivities next year to five weeks, and first lady Michelle Obama will serve as honorary chair of the event marking the 100th anniversary of the gift of trees ...

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