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>> bad news. its bad news. martha: and it was coming. >> the bad news is the trend. we had been trending down, the number of people fronting up to the unemployment offices every week, the front was down consistently, then it plateaued out and were rising again. thats not the trend the administration or anybody else wants to see. martha: what do you attribute that to, stuart? >> the economy is not expanding as -- well, i think the real problem is that people who are employers are not hiring a lot...

Worldwide recall, and for the first time, toyota executives put a figure on that. $2 billion they said it would cost in lost sales and their efforts to correct the gas pedal problem. also today more details of the prius problem. now, the prius is the jewel in toyotas crown, the biggest selling car here in japan. a hybrid using cutting edge technolo technology, and its that technology thats the issue. the company said the braking problem is when the car goes from hydraulic to electronic braking, ...

Electronic components that are in these cars. >> reporter: toyota denies the electronics in its accelerators are faulty saying "we have found no evidence of a problem with our electronic throttle control system." >> man, theres a company with big problems. boy genius -- >> a real branding nightmare. the real problem is toyota had this extraordinary brand. right? this made gm in detroit looks like a joke. now you have this other issue. it just looks like they didnt address the problem head-on ear...

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