Honda to recall nearly 46,000 Odyssey minivans to fix rear doors Automaker Honda is recalling 45, 747 Odyssey minivans because the rear doors can fall on people unexpectedly, according to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Wednesday. HP posts decline of quarterly profit, sales Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Wednesday reported that its profit dropped nearly 44 percent in the most recent quarter, with sales also declining. GM, Peugeot in talks on possible alliance General Motors Co. and PSA Peugeot Citroen are in talks over a possible alliance, which pushed Peugeot's shares to a four-month high, reported The Detroit News on Wednesday. • 29 countries ink joint declaration opposing EU carbon fees • Irish gov't to sell 3 bln euros of state assets • UK gov't asked to boost economy, jobs in budget plan • UBS issues notes worth 2 bln USD to meet new capital requirements • German automaker MAN builds factory in Pakistan More

Greece signs int'l agreement to tackle tax evasion: OECD Greece has signed an international agreement to allow the debt-hit country to improve its tax management, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Wednesday. Eurozone's industrial new orders rebound in December 2011 The eurozone's industrial new orders rose 1.9 percent month on month in December last year after a decline of 1.1 percent in the previous month, the statistics office of the European Union (EU) said Wednesday. Obama proposes to cut corporate tax rate to 28 pct The U.S. government plans to cut the corporate tax rate to 28 percent, and pay for the deduction by eliminating dozens of tax loopholes and subsidies, said U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday.

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