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Akio Toyoda named Toyota president amid global crisis

Current President Katsuaki Watanabe, future President Akio Toyoda and Chairman Fujio Cho (left to right) face unprecedented challenges at Toyota. (HANS GREIMEL)
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By:
Hans Greimel
January 20, 2009 05:00 AM

TOKYO -- Akio Toyoda, scion of Toyota Motor Corp.'s founding family and now its next president, will bring fresh thinking and U.S. perspective to the world’s top carmaker as it fights an unprecedented financial crisis.

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