more from paula hancocks. what other information do you have about this? reporter: starting off with the north america production, just to put it in context of how much that is actually impacting the business, toyota not giving any figures but dhe are saying that 150,000 less units will be produced, less than they were expecting at this time. now, we understand for the workers there, about 25,000 workers in north america. toyota saying they re not planning layoffs at this point but they can t plan beyond june 3rd. this is what they ve announced so far, up to june 3rd. after that we don t know what will happen. that s the crucial point we re hearing from analysts, what happens after. now, it s not just toyota that is suffering. as you say in north america, in china, also in europe and australia they had to cut back on production. i spoke to nissan, another carmaker here earlier today. they said even though all their
largest equity to explore deep waters of arctic, the first private oil company to swap shares with a state-controlled oil company. if dudley helped this would help bm move on from the gulf disaster, it hasn t. bp is now mired in a legal battle with russian partners in tnk bp who they say have a deal to be bp s sole russian partner. as this moves through the courts, the other plan is on hold and opens bp up to claims its moving from crisis to cries. one year on, it s not clear exactly how many barrels of oil spilled into the gulf of mexico and, thereof, how large a fine the u.s. government will impose on bp and its partners in that stricken well. jim bouldin, cnn, london. live reports from the gulf coast throughout the day here on cnn as residents mark the one-year anniversary of the bp spill. we ll also have complete