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TOKYO Japan’s Honda Motor Co <7267.T> cut its full-year net profit forecast by a fifth after sales in China, the world’s biggest autos market, were hit by a popular backlash against Japanese products last month in a dispute over East China Sea islands. Honda cut its net profit forecast for the year to March to 375 billion yen ($ 4.7 billion) from its earlier estimate of 470 billion yen. Net profit for July-September rose 36.1 percent to 82.2 billion yen ($ 1.03 billion), but was some way below the average estimate of 107.2 billion yen from six analysts polled by [...]

Honda Motor Co Ltd <7267.T> is expanding a recall in North America to include more than 600,000 Accord mid-size sedans to address a potential power steering fluid leak problem that could cause a fire under the hood. Honda is recalling 573,147 Accords in the United States equipped with V6 engines from model years 2003 through 2007, according to documents filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In Canada, the number of affected Accords is 30,058, a company spokesman said. The addition of the Accords to already recalled Acura TL cars from model years 2007 and 2008 raises the [...]

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