Air quality regulators in California's San Joaquin Valley will vote on a new way to pay off federal fines for pollution: charge car owners. It could be a first for putting pollution fines on consumers along with companies. Sarah Gardner reports from the Marketplace Sustainability Desk.
Toyota has found potential mechanical problems with 1.5 million cars, more than half of them in the U.S. Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman has the details.
Britain's deficit-cutting plan has been given the green light from the credit rating agency Fitch, saving its triple-A credit rating. Stephen Beard has the latest from London.
France's proposed hike in retirement age has caused a lot of workers to take to the streets, including riots in Paris and a blockade of France's largest oil port in Marseille.
The credit markets are reacting to news of big budget cuts in the U.K., but not everyone is happy about this. Jonathan Freedland, an editorial columnist for the Guardian Newspaper reports.