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Toyota aims to bring fun back with "86" sports car - Yahoo! News

OYAMA-CHO, Japan (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> unveiled a highly anticipated sports car that it hopes will trigger the rebirth of the company as a maker of "fun" cars that it hasn't been in years.

Japan's top automaker took the wraps off the compact, rear-wheel-drive model at the Fuji Speedway circuit at the foot of Mount Fuji on Sunday, in front of thousands of racing fans, in a departure from traditional banquet-room launches.

The unveiling was moved up from the original plan to showcase the car at the Tokyo Motor Show, which opens later this week.

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Agricultural demand fuels Deere results, outlook - Yahoo! News

(Reuters) - Deere & Co reported a 46 percent rise in quarterly earnings and projected "substantial growth" for 2012 amid strong global farming conditions, sending its shares higher in premarket trading.

"Farmers in the world's major markets are continuing to experience favorable incomes due to strong demand for agricultural commodities," the world's largest maker of farm machinery said in a press release.

New product launches also boosted its quarterly results, the company said.

Moline, Illinois-based Deere posted net income of $669 million, or $1.62 per share, for the fiscal fourth quarter that ended October 31, compared with $457 million, or $1.07 per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 20 percent to $8.61 billion due to strong equipment sales.

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Kardashians' mother says Kim owed money on wedding - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kim Kardashian's mother on Wednesday denied reports that her daughter made millions from her media-event wedding, and in fact ended up owing money for the lavish event.

"Did they net or gross any amount of money? Absolutely not," Kris Jenner said on ABC's "The View" talk show.

"When it was all said and done, Kim had to pay a lot of money," said Jenner, whose book "Kris Jenner ... and all things Kardashian" hits stores this week.

Kim Kardashian filed for divorce on Monday less than three months after her estimated $10 million wedding in August to basketball player Kris Humphries.

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