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Attorney General Eric Holder of the US Justice Department had said in a news conference today that Toyota Motor Corp agreed to settle a criminal probe lodged against them for the massive recall of its vehicles in 2009.

A US district judge had rejected Gmail email users' request to proceed with their illegal wiretapping case against Google as a class-action suit yesterday, Bloomberg said.

Bloomberg said former Glenn Defense Marine (Asia) manager Alex Wisidagama will be facing a maximum of 10 years in prison for producing bogus receipts and competitive bids in order to manipulate the US Navy to increase its contract prices.