Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) has announced 3 million hybrid sales.

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) Sales Boom

The automobile giant said in a statement that the cumulative global sales of hybrid vehicles have passed the three million mark.

According to reports from Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM), more than 3.03 million hybrid vehicles have been sold as of February 2011.

The debut of new models and variants at different categories is expected to boost the sales of hybrid vehicles this year; competition is also getting stronger though.

Toyota Motor Company (NYSE:TM) stocks are currently standing at 82.86.

Price History
Last Price: 82.86
52 Week Low / High: 67.56 / 93.9
50 Day Moving Average: 86.76
6 Month Price Change %: 16.0%
12 Month Price Change %: 5.3%

Here’s a round-up of Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) stock briefings from this week. Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) stocks ended the week at 69.71 (as of 9/3/2010).

Weekly News Roundup: Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM)

Monday 30 August

Nissan seem to have poked fun at Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) in a recent television marketing campaign. Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) appears to be taking heat from rival Nissan’s new TV commercial advertising its brake-overriding “smart pedal” technology.

The ad appears to poke fun at Toyota, which has had serious issues with the brake systems in its cars, making extensive recalls necessary.

Tuesday 31 August

The new $100m Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) production site in Texas has opened, to much fanfare. Vice President of Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) Atsushi Niimi was on hand earlier this month for the opening ceremony of a new $100 million manufacturing center in Texas for the Tacoma pickup truck.

Also in attendance for the event were Texas governor Rick Perry and various other San Antonio community leaders.

Thursday 2 September

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) posted abysmal U.S. sales for August.

The Japanese automaker, plagued by recalls, says adjusted sales were 31.4 percent lower than August last year.

But with all of the company’s recalls, no one was expecting outstanding sales.

Also, Toyota’s (NYSE:TM) Cash for Clunkers program helped sales of smaller Toyota cars like the Corolla and Camry sedans, so fair comparison with August 2009 become difficult to make.

We’ll be keeping a close eye on the Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) share price for changes over the next couple of weeks.

Here is another batch of news briefings which could affect stocks on world markets in trading later today.

The following companies should see some movement: Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM), BP plc (LON:BP).

Here is a more detailed look at the news that will affect each company when trading continues.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)

Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and the Associated Press (AP) have reached a new distribution agreement in a watershed moment in the tense relations between the two regarding the issue how websites distribute AP’s news material.

As a result of this deal, Google will be allowed to host AP articles for two more years.

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM)

Vice President of Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) Atsushi Niimi was on hand earlier this month for the opening ceremony of a new $100 million manufacturing center in Texas for the Tacoma pickup truck.

Also in attendance for the event were Texas governor Rick Perry and various other San Antonio community leaders.

BP plc (LON:BP)

According to some reports,BP (NYSE:BP) is spending $1 million a week on advertising and radio since the day of its Gulf of Mexico oil well explosion. Doing some quick math we see that should add up to about $18 million.

But even more shocking than that is the estimate from a Kantar Media report that is circulating on Madison Avenue, revealing that BP Plc (NYSE:BP) actually spent a staggering $65.7 million on ads in the second quarter (compared to just $24.6 million in the year-earlier quarter).

We may see more movement when trading continues for Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) and BP plc (LON:BP).

Here is another batch of stock briefings which may affect trading on Wall Street later today.

The following stocks should see some movement: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM), BP plc (NYSE:BP).

Here is a more detailed look at the news that will affect each company when trading continues.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM)

A Zacks analyst report has defended JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) over mortgage modifications and HAMP.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s (NYSE:JPM) U.S. consumer and commercial banking arm Chase said on Wednesday that it has in fact offered more than 900,000 mortgage modifications since the beginning of 2009 in accordance with the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), in efforts to reduce home foreclosure rates.

The company has met 140,000 homeowners in face-to-face counselling sessions in the hardest-hit areas of home foreclosure.

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM)

Nissan seem to have poked fun at Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) in a recent television marketing campaign. Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) appears to be taking heat from rival Nissan’s new TV commercial advertising its brake-overriding “smart pedal” technology.

The ad appears to poke fun at Toyota, which has had serious issues with the brake systems in its cars, making extensive recalls necessary.

BP plc (NYSE:BP)

At a celebration of BP’s (NYSE:BP) centennial last October, CEO Tony Hayward boasted that the company “lives on the frontiers of the energy industry.”

So much has changed since then, with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill having put the company’s reputation in shambles.

Because of this, BP plc (NYSE:BP) recently failed to get a potentially lucrative drilling permit to drill for oil off the coast of Greenland, and may have to decline further opportunities in the future, until its wounds have healed from the pain of the Gulf of Mexico.

We could possibly see more movement when trading continues for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) and BP plc (NYSE:BP).

Here’s a round-up of Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) news stories from this week. Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) company shares ended the week at 69.36 (as of 8/27/2010).

Weekly News Roundup: Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM)

Tuesday 24 August

Toyota President Akio Toyoda has said he wants to add more fun to Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) cars.

After taking orders on the Lexus LFA, a $375,000 supercar that was six years in the making, the president announced he will also put into motion plans for a more affordable, rear-wheel drive car and, in efforts to add a little humor in addition to the fun, maybe even a sporty version of the Prius.

Wednesday 25 August

Another recall could materialize for Toyota as the government goes through dta with a fine-tooth comb.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) said on Tuesday that it is broadening its investigation to include engine stalling problems in the Toyota Corolla and Matrix models from 2005 to 2007.

The Office began a preliminary investigation into reported engine stalls in these models. Toyota has not yet indicated that it will recall these models.

Thursday 26 August

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) has actually begun outsourcing some of its business to the U.S. as the Japanese yen appreciates against many other major currencies and general price levels rise in Japan, according to a report on Thursday.

The company is now importing engines from the U.S. for use in some of its own cars.

Friday 27 August

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) said Thursday that it will recall 1.13 million compact cars, an announcement that came days after federal safety regulators cranked up their investigation into customer complaints about the cars stalling.

Models of Corolla and Matrix that were sold during the years 2005 to 2008 have been found to have some defects related to engine control modules or ECMs.

Toyota said that there are three “unconfirmed accidents alleged to be related to this condition,” one of which reportedly involved a minor injury.

General Motors also came out with a similar announcement recently.

We will be monitoring the Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) stock price for developments over the next few weeks.

Several breaking news stories might affect stock prices on Wall Street next week.

The following stocks should see some movement: AT&T Inc (NYSE:T), BP plc (NYSE:BP), Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM).

Here is a more detailed look at the news that will affect each company when trading continues.

AT&T Inc (NYSE:T)

The company said that the recent purchase of Sterling Commerce by IBM is expected to give AT&T (NYSE:T) a pretax gain of $800 million in the third quarter.

The after tax value of the deal shall only be announced when the company reports it third quarter results.

Sterling’s software and services help companies with electronic transfers, such as sending secure documents or the secure transfer of orders.

BP plc (NYSE:BP)

An internal investigation by the company over the Deepwater Horizon rig accident has reached the conclusion that engineers misread certain test results.

A person familiar with the report said that according to the report, the misinterpretation of pressure data lead to the disaster and death of 11 workers.

BP plc (NYSE:BP) investigators team, lead by the head of Safety Operations Mark Bly, has compiled a 200 page report on the disaster, and it concludes saying that BP plc (NYSE:BP) was at least partially responsible for the accident.

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM)

The largest car maker in the world said that ‘Etios’, a small car for the Indian market, shall be on trial production from September, three months earlier than scheduled.

“Before starting the commercial production in December, we will have two rounds of trial productions. While one will start in September, the next one will be in October,” Shekar, Deputy Managing Director (Commercial), Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) Kirlosker said.

We may see more movement when trading continues for AT&T Inc (NYSE:T), BP plc (NYSE:BP) and Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM).

Here are more news stories which may affect stock prices as trading continues.

The following listed companies should see some movement: Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM), Chevron (NYSE:CVX).

Here is a more detailed look at the news that will affect each company when trading continues.

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) big Web search project called Bing is now a year old, and despite all the marketing push for the service.

Google is still the reigning champion in terms of market share. Bing has steadily gained market share — up to 12.6 percent this summer, but Google still has 65.8 percent, according to an article from the Motley Fool listing comScore data.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) could see a boost in market share since it recently started handling all of Yahoo’s search capabilities in the U.S. and Canada.

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM)

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) said Thursday that it will recall 1.13 million compact cars, an announcement that came days after federal safety regulators cranked up their investigation into customer complaints about the cars stalling.

Models of Corolla and Matrix that were sold during the years 2005 to 2008 have been found to have some defects related to engine control modules or ECMs.

Toyota said that there are three “unconfirmed accidents alleged to be related to this condition,” one of which reportedly involved a minor injury.

General Motors also came out with a similar announcement recently.

Chevron (NYSE:CVX)

Oil and gas giant Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) earned a respectable 4-star aggregate rating from the 165,000-plus investors on Motley Fool CAPS, the website’s online investing community.

One CAPS user, in reference to Chevron (NYSE:CVX) writes, “You should think of Chevron as chemical engineering power house. They will make money from rising [oil prices] and adapt to convert any carbon source they can into chemicals and fuels. … Of the oil companies, Chevron is particularly adaptive.”

We may see more movement when trading continues for Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX).

Here are more stock briefings which will affect stock prices as trading continues later today.

The following companies should see some movement: Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM), BP plc (NYSE:BP), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ).

Here is a more detailed look at the news that will affect each company when trading continues.

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM)

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) has actually begun outsourcing its to the U.S. as the Japanese yen appreciates against many other major currencies and general price levels rise in Japan, according to a report on Thursday.

The company is now importing engines from the U.S. for use in some of its own cars.

BP plc (NYSE:BP)

For those of you that put stock (no pun intended) in Jim Cramer’s opinions, you may want to steer clear of BP.

In his Mad Money Lightening Round, he warned against investing in this oil giant. “I remain convinced that BP will be an underperformer in the oil patch for as far as the eye can see,” Cramer said on his show yesterday.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ)

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) this week outbid Dell with a $1.6 billion proposal for a buyout of 3Par Inc, a data storage provider that would facilitate HP’s (NYSE:HPQ) entrance into the cloud computing arena, a source familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News.

HP said Monday that would pay more than double market value to get its hands on 3Par.

We could possibly see more movement when trading continues for Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM), BP plc (NYSE:BP) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ).