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top storiesToyota's U.S. president apologizes for failures James Lentz says Toyota took too long to confront the issue. He says Toyota had poor communications within the company, with government regulators and with its customers. Houston pump prices up a nickel since last Tuesday The average in Houston today is $2.47, up from $2.42 a week ago but still lower than the month-ago price of $2.56. Diesel is up 4 cents a gallon, to $2.69. Schlumberger deal could put it into better domestic gas position Schlumberger's CEO says the proposed $11 billion merger with Smith International could bring new technologies and services to the challenge of extracting shale gas. Poll: U.S. consumer confidence falls sharply this month The decline ends three straight months of improvement and raises concerns about the economic recovery. latest from the associated pressSHARE blogs
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