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Former U.S. Regulators Helped Quash Toyota Investigations
This is one of our editors' picks from our ongoing roundup of Investigations Elsewhere.
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March 05, 2010
Toyota Is Secretive on ‘Black Box’ Data Curt Anderson and Danny Robbins, AP, March 05, 2010
March 03, 2010
Toyota’s Fix is a Bust, Owners Claim Ken Bensinger and Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, March 03, 2010
March 01, 2010
Horrific Toyota Crash Reports Involve Cars Not in Recall Stuart Pfeifer, Carol J. Williams and Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times, March 01, 2010
February 26, 2010
Complaints on Toyota Went for Naught Erin Ailworth, Boston Globe, February 26, 2010
February 22, 2010
U.S. Officials Aware of Toyota Problems in 2003 AFP, February 22, 2010
February 12, 2010
Former Regulators Hired by Toyota Helped Halt Investigations Bloomberg, February 12, 2010
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