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Toyota overtakes GM as top US car seller

Toyota sold more cars in the United States than any other company in 2021, overtaking GM, which loses top spot for the first time in 90 years.

Toyota sold more cars in the United States than any other company in 2021, overtaking GM, which loses top spot for the first time in 90 years. Paul Eisenstein from TheDetroitBureau.com tells us what caused the swing. Plus, reaction to Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes being found guilty on several counts of fraud, as LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzik tells us he thinks more investors will fall prey to deception in the future. As Apple briefly becomes the world's first $3tn company, Dan Ives from Wedbush Securities tells us what the iPhone maker's chief executive Tim Cook has got right since taking over from Steve Jobs. And whilst US stock markets have been rising sharply in recent years, London's FTSE100 is just two per cent higher than it was five years ago. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's business editor Simon Jack reports on why the UK index seems to be under performing. Throughout the programme we’re joined by Yoko Ishikuram, Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network, and by Takara Small, a technology and social media reporter based in Toronto, Canada.

Picture: A Toyota dealership in Houston, Texas; Credit: Getty Images

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Wed 5 Jan 2022 01:06GMT

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