10. Toyota Motor
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Financials: Latest Results
Rank: 10 (Previous rank: 5)
CEO: Akio Toyoda Employees: 320,808 Address: 1 Toyota-cho Toyota, 471-8571 Country: Japan Website: www.toyota.co.jp Ending two consecutive years of record earnings, Toyota saw sales fall 11% and reported its first operating loss since 1938. The Japanese exporter became so interested in wooing customers to its lots that it followed other companies and unveiled its first interest-free financing program toward the end of the year. To refocus, the company is now getting back to the basics. Its first step: Recently letting Akio Toyoda, the grandson of founder Kiichiro Toyoda, take over as president. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Industry: Motor Vehicles and Parts
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