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[HybridCars.com] The figure is especially shocking since Toyota projected a $14 billion profit earlier in the year, and re-adjusted that forecast downward to $6.7 billion as recently as November. It also comes on the heels of eight consecutive year-over-year profit records, ending with more than a $25 billion surplus for fiscal 2008.

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