Toyota Motor Corp. reported Thursday it suffered a ¥55.99 billion net loss for the first half of the business year amid slumping global demand but forecast brighter earnings for the full year.
The loss contrasts with the large profit the world's largest automaker scored a year ago before the global economy went into a tailspin.
Toyota posted a ¥493.47 billion net profit for the April-September half of 2008.
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