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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Nissan Diesel picks senior managing director Takeuchi as president

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Diesel Motor Co. decided at a board meeting May 11 to promote Senior Managing Director Satoru Takeuchi (file photo) to the post of president in late June, succeeding Iwao Nakamura, the company said.

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Volvo has no plan to change Nissan Diesel's name after acquisition

TOKYO, Japan - Leif Johansson, chief executive officer of AB Volvo, tells a press conference in Tokyo that the gorup has no plan to change the corporate name of Nissan Diesel Motor Co. even after the Japanese truck maker becomes its subsidiary. ''I don't see any reason why we should change that,'' said, noting that the Swedish company has a positive experience of benefiting from keeping the brand names of its group companies Mack and Renault in the U.S. and European markets.

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Nissan to launch new diesel engine cars in FY 2010

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga, co-chairman of Nissan Motor Co., briefs reporters on the Nissan Green Program 2010, a medium-term environmental action plan, at the company's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 11.

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Nissan Diesel to accept free transfer of shares from Renault

CHIBA, Japan - Louis Schweitzer, chairman of French automaker Renault SA, tells reporters in Chiba on Oct. 23 that struggling Japanese truck and bus maker Nissan Diesel Motor Co. will accept a free transfer of 14,552,947 of its common shares from Renault as part of its rehabilitation.

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Nissan Diesel to get 106 bil. yen support

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Diesel Motor Co. President Iwao Nakamura announces the company's rehabilitation plan at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30. The plan features a total of 106 billion yen in financial support from main creditor banks and Nissan Motor Co.

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Nissan develops fuel efficient 3-liter car

The photo shows a prototype of a fuel-efficient ''3-liter car'' unveiled Tuesday Sept. 1 by Nissan Motor Co. Nissan claims the car can travel up to 100 kilometers on just 3 liters of asoline. The car is powered by a 1-liter direct-injection diesel engine.

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Daimler-Benz in talks to acquire a controlling stake in Nissan Diesel Motor

Daimler-Benz AG is negotiating with Nissan Motor Co. to acquire a controlling stake in Nissan Diesel Motor Co., industry sources say May 10. The German auto giant stunned the global auto industry last week by announcing a merger with Chrysler Corp. of the United States. The photograph shows the head office in Stuttgart in southern Germany of Daimler-Benz AG.

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Volvo has no plan to change Nissan Diesel's name after acquisiti

TOKYO, Japan - Leif Johansson, chief executive officer of AB Volvo, tells a press conference in Tokyo that the gorup has no plan to change the corporate name of Nissan Diesel Motor Co. even after the Japanese truck maker becomes its subsidiary. ''I don't see any reason why we should change that,'' said, noting that the Swedish company has a positive experience of benefiting from keeping the brand names of its group companies Mack and Renault in the U.S. and European markets. (Kyodo)

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Nissan Diesel picks senior managing director Takeuchi as preside

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Diesel Motor Co. decided at a board meeting May 11 to promote Senior Managing Director Satoru Takeuchi (file photo) to the post of president in late June, succeeding Iwao Nakamura, the company said. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Motor Show Nissan Condor

TOKYO, Japan - The 2002 Tokyo Motor Show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba. The theme of this year's exhibition is development of low-emission vehicles. Photo shows a Nissan Diesel Motor Co.'s low-emission Condor truck with a hybrid gas-electric engine. Picture taken Oct. 29. (Kyodo)

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Nissan Diesel to get 106 bil. yen support

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Diesel Motor Co. President Iwao Nakamura announces the company's rehabilitation plan at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30. The plan features a total of 106 billion yen in financial support from main creditor banks and Nissan Motor Co. (Kyodo)

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Nissan Diesel to accept free transfer of shares from Renault

CHIBA, Japan - Louis Schweitzer, chairman of French automaker Renault SA, tells reporters in Chiba on Oct. 23 that struggling Japanese truck and bus maker Nissan Diesel Motor Co. will accept a free transfer of 14,552,947 of its common shares from Renault as part of its rehabilitation. (Kyodo)

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Nissan Diesel launches diesel hybrid truck with capacitor

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Diesel Motor Co. launched June 24 a hybrid truck equipped with a diesel engine, an electric motor and a capacitor in what it claims is the world's first commercialization of a hybrid vehicle using a capacitor. The company said the Super Power Capacitor has twice the power-storage capability of existing capacitors.

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Ghosn hints at sale of Nissan Diesel

DETROIT, United States - Nissan Motor Co.'s Chief Operating Officer Carlos Ghosn (L) stands beside a Nissan truck engine at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 11. He hinted to journalists that the company is willing to sell its financially embattled affiliate Nissan Diesel Motor Co., one of Japan's four major makers of heavy-duty trucks.

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Nissan develops fuel efficient 3liter car

The photo shows a prototype of a fuel-efficient ''3-liter car'' unveiled Tuesday Sept. 1 by Nissan Motor Co. Nissan claims the car can travel up to 100 kilometers on just 3 liters of gasoline. The car is powered by a 1-liter direct-injection diesel engine. ==Kyodo

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Daimler-Benz in talks to acquire

Daimler-Benz AG is negotiating with Nissan Motor Co. to acquire a controlling stake in Nissan Diesel Motor Co., industry sources say May 10. The German auto giant stunned the global auto industry last week by announcing a merger with Chrysler Corp. of the United States. The photograph shows the head office in Stuttgart in southern Germany of Daimler-Benz AG.