Mitsubishi has been hit by falling sales, a recall scandal and the decision in April last year by 30% shareholder US-German car firm DaimlerChrysler's not to pump in any more money.

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Mitsubishi said it hoped stronger sales in Europe, China and Russia, where the recall scandal had less of an impact, would offset a weaker performance in Japan and the US in the months ahead.

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If you recall, the scandal forced Petraeus to resign from his post as CIA director after the FBI, in reading e-mails sent to Kelley, found he had had an extramarital affair with Paula Broadwell.

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These recent accounting problems unveiled by Caterpillar recall the Sino-Forrest scandal that hit billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson.

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But DNA from the biotech crop was found in food products intended for humans, causing a major scandal and an expensive recall.

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has offered to recall parliament to discuss the growing scandal and President Giorgio Napolitano said that he had full faith in the country's central bank.

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Abscam is one that sticks in my mind but the age of that particular scandal and that I recall it tends towards a proof of the contention that it is rarer.

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After the scandal was disclosed, thousands of Bell residents protested at City Council meetings and staged a successful recall election to throw out the entire council and elect new leaders.

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In the first recall of Parliament since 2002, Mr Cameron updated MPs on the remit of the judicial inquiry into the scandal, which will be led by Lord Justice Leveson, and named the members of the panel for the inquiry.

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