Toyota sees slight quarterly profit fall, projects recovery

TOKYO: Japan’s top automaker Toyota is reporting a 4 per cent dip in profit for January-March after vehicle sales fell in North America. Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday its quarterly profit was 459.5 billion yen ($4.2 billion, Dh15.2 billion), down from 480.8 billion yen in the same period the previous year. The maker of […]

No real estate downtrend: UK house prices surge to 2-year high in April — Halifax

London: British annual house price growth picked up more than expected last month to hit its highest in over two years, mortgage lender Halifax said on Wednesday, contrasting with other signs of a muted housing market. House prices in the three months to April stood 5.0 per cent higher than a year ago, the strongest […]