WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Reports: Ford, Toyota chiefs met last week

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Reports: Ford, Toyota chiefs met last week 

The chief executives of Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. met last week, according to news reports Tuesday. Ford declined to confirm the meeting.

Samsung Semi boss gets 10 months in clink 
THE PRESIDENT of Samsung Semiconductors, Young Hwan Park, will serve time in jail over memory price fixing, the Wall Street Journal said.

Business Briefs 
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Linux Powers Controllable Christmas Lights for Charity 
Santa Claus writes "Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier's recent article at Linux.Com tells the hilarious story of Alek's Controllable Christmas Lights. When he out'ed himself to the Wall Street Journal, saying that it was a simulation/hoax in 2004, the mass media howled at being fooled while Slashdot simply said Humbug. Alek claims that he went legit in 2005, as confirmed by the Rocky Mountain News. ...

Samsung president to serve jail time over DRAM price fixing 
The president f Samsung Semiconductors, Young Hwan Park, will serve time in jail over memory price fixing, the Wall Street Journal said.

Post-holiday bill surprises 
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Broadening the circle 
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U.S. Automakers Need Repair 
The Big Three sputter as Toyota takes the top spot.

Report: Ford, Toyota chiefs met 
There was no word on the purpose of the meeting between Ford\'s Alan Mulally and Toyota\'s Fujio Cho, reported by the Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun and The Wall Street Journal\'s Web site. The papers attributed information of the meeting to unidentified sources.