AP - Global production rose at four of Japan's top automakers in January from a year ago, but the country's second largest automaker, Nissan, reported a decline, the automakers said Friday.

AP - Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will introduce four new light commercial models by the end of March 2008 to enhance its sales of buses, vans and small trucks.

AP - Rory Sabbatini blew a four-shot lead, then quickly emerged from a four-way tie Sunday with a tee shot into 5 feet for birdie on the pivotal par-3 16th to escape with a one-shot victory in the Nissan Open.

AP - Rory Sabbatini made a 5-foot birdie on the 18th hole Saturday that allowed him to finish the day the same way he started — with a four-shot lead in the Nissan Open and in total command of his game.

AP - Tiger Woods withdrew from the Nissan Open on Saturday because of the flu, the first time in his pro career he has failed to finish a tournament for health reasons.

AP - Tiger Woods got caught in the rain without an umbrella. And with sloppy bogeys on the final two holes Friday, he left Riviera wondering if he would get a tee time on the weekend.

AP - Dean Wilson has seen enough of the big hitters on the PGA Tour to realize there will be tournaments that put him at a disadvantage. The Nissan Open is not one of them.

AP - Ernie Els felt as though he was on foreign territory, and in some respects he was. With the sun dipping below the mansions atop the fairways at Riviera Country Club, he hammered a driver and leaned slightly to the left, guiding the ball away from a bunker and down the 15th fairway Wednesday during his pro-am round.

AP - Renault SA's CEO Carlos Ghosn said Thursday he plans to introduce new luxury car models, slash costs and raise sales volumes by almost one-third within four years — pledging to repeat some of the tricks behind his textbook turnaround of Nissan Motor Co.

AP - In a Feb. 2 story on Nissan Motor Co.'s earnings for the fiscal third quarter, The Associated Press erroneously said the company's net profit fell 0.6 percent. The company's profit rose 0.6 percent.

Reuters - Nissan Motor Co. (7201.T), Japan's second-biggest auto maker, posted a surprise rise in quarterly profit on better-than-expected vehicle sales and a weaker yen, and reiterated its forecast for a small gain in full-year profit.