PepsiCo to buy back up to $15 billion in shares
The company also said Monday it will boost its annual dividend by 7%, likely starting on 30 June when it expects to pay its next quarterly dividend

Toyota, Nissan, others set up electric car group
Representatives of Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co., Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Fuji Heavy Industries and Tokyo Electric Power Co. gathered to announce the association, which includes about 160 businesses, some of them foreign, and govt organizations

Toyota discounts boost sales, US mulls ‘black box’
Toyota’s US sales surged by nearly 50% in the first eight days of March compared with the year-ago period due to zero-percent financing offers and other incentives