ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) - Troubled Swiss bank UBS said Tuesday that it had returned a 1.20 billion Swiss franc profit (1.12 billion dollars, 821 million euros) in the final quarter of 2009, shrugging off more than a year of quarterly losses.

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said it is recalling nearly half a million of its flagship Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems as it seeks to address criticism over the handling of its worst safety crisis.

TOKYO (AFP) - Toyota announced Tuesday a recall of its popular Prius and two other hybrid models in Japan to fix faulty brakes, plunging the auto giant deeper into crisis as lawsuits in the United States piled up.

TOKYO (AFP) - Toyota has told Japan's government it will recall Prius hybrid vehicles worldwide, a transport ministry official has said.

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian miner Resourcehouse Tuesday admitted giving the wrong name for a Chinese company involved in a 60 billion US dollar coal deal, but insisted the agreement was legitimate.