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NEW YORK, April 8 (UPI) -- U.S. markets closed lower Friday as a budget impasse in Washington appeared ready to shut down the federal government.
A 7.4-magnitude aftershock shook the east coast of Japan Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index shed 5.34 or 0.4 percent to 1,328.17. The Nasdaq composite index lost 15.72 or 0.56 percent to 2,780.42.
The 10-year treasury note fell 9/32 to yield 3.583 percent.
Against the yen, the dollar fell to 84.70 yen from Thursday's 84.93 yen.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index added 1.85 percent, 177.15, to 9,768.08.
In London, the FTSE 100 index rose 0.81 percent, 48.38, to 6,055.75.
Toyota to restart Japan plants April
TOYOTA CITY, Japan, April 8 (UPI) -- Automaker Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE:TM) said Friday it would have all 18 of its production plants running in Japan on April 18, but not at full capacity.
Since the earthquake struck, Toyota has lost production of 260,000 vehicles.
The industry is having difficulty securing needed parts to restart assembly lines.
Toyota already has scheduled a maintenance shutdown for April 20 and is scheduled to close for the Golden Week national holiday, which runs April 29 through May 5.
CNN said Toyota plants would re-open May 9.
Google gets conditional OK to buy ITA
Google offered to buy ITA in July for $700 million.