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		<title><![CDATA[GM ties up with SAIC in Indian venture]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ General Motors and China's SAIC Motor Corp will announce a tie-up today to expand into the Indian market, markinga significant step in China's efforts to gain a foothold in one of the world's largest emerging markets for cars.GM and SAIC - which are already in a joint venture in...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Auto Sales Edge Up, Led By Hyundai Boom]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Soyoung Kim and Bernie WoodallDETROIT (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - U.S. auto sales edged higher in November, led by an outsized gain for Hyundai Motor Co  and mixed results for rivals in a trend automakers said pointed to a grudging recovery in the U.S. economy.Hyundai posted a 46 percent gain in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:00:39 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Auto Sales Edge Up]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Soyoung Kim and Bernie WoodallDETROIT (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - U.S. auto sales edged higher in November, led by an outsized gain for Hyundai Motor Co  and mixed results for rivals in a trend automakers said pointed to a grudging recovery in the U.S. economy.Hyundai posted a 46 percent gain...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:45:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM Sales Fall 2.2 Percent in November]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - General Motors Co GM posted a 2.2 percent drop in U.S. sales in November from a year earlier, weighed down by brands it plans to divest or close, and said it would raise production in North America by about 75 percent in the first quarter.Sales totaled 151,427...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:45:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM Sees China Market Sales Growth Slowing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alison LeungGUANGZHOU (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - General Motors GM expects sales growth for China's auto market to drop dramatically in 2010, as the carmaker nears the end of a year of government stimulus-fueled growth in the world's biggest car market, the head of the company's China operations said on Monday.The company...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:46:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Carmakers plan for slow year as incentives end]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Carmakers are warning that the government scrapping incentives that helped keep them afloat in Europe this year will depress demand for cars when they expire in 2010, slowing the recovery of one of the world's largest industries.Car companies and their shareholders are bracing themselves for falling revenues in their...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BMW suffers 74% fall in profits]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ BMW stunned investors on Tuesday with a larger than expected drop in third quarter earnings, providing a blow to hopes that the worst in the premium car market could be over.BMW's shares fell by more than 5 per cent after the world's largest premium carmaker said its profit after...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:24:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Volkswagen on Tuesday said it would buy 49.9 per cent in Porsche's sports car business by the end of the year, a larger stake than originally planned, as Europe's largest carmaker said that overall sales in the third quarter had been "very good".VW said that it had agreed with...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[China is driving German luxury carmakers' return]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A mood of quiet optimism seems to be returning to the German luxury car business. BMW reported a small 0.7 per cent increase in September sales compared with the same month last year. While sales at Mercedes-Benz and Audi were lower during the period, the decline was far less...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Car sales surge in August]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Scrapping incentives lifted car sales around the world in August, preliminary data showed, as government subsidies tempted buyers seeking the trade-in bonuses into dealerships.In Japan, car sales rose for the first time in more than a year. Several other countries and carmaking groups in Asia and Europe reported higher...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Toyota Motor, the world's biggest carmaker by sales, suffered a Y77.8bn ($818m) net loss in its fiscal first quarter as it struggled to adjust to the worst car industry downturn in decades.However, the Japanese manufacturer was more optimistic about its prospects for the year to next March, updating its...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cash for Clunkers: Automakers (and the Environment) Benefit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is very positive about the â€œCash for Clunkersâ€ CARS legislation, and for good reason: It is not only stimulating sales, but also getting people thinking about buying cars again. Especially clean ones: Results so far show a clear shift from gas-guzzlers to smaller cars. ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chrysler, GM Bailout is Both a Band-Aid and a Football]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bailout Chrysler and GM won is by design only a temporary fix, to keep them on their feet past Jan. 1. Major surgery is on the agenda, with new business plans due in February. by Jim Henry]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Even With Bailout, Tough Sledding for Ford, GM, Chrysler]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ford, GM and Chrysler say they need a total of $19 billion to $34 billion to tide them over. But first, U.S. auto sales are going to get even worse, possibly bottoming out next year. by Jim Henry]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bad news continues for U.S. auto sales. Estimated October sales could represent a sales pace that would be the worst in 26 years, it it continued for a whole year. by Jim Henry]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Monthly Auto Sales Data: Read Between the Lines]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watching the sausage being made is never a pretty sight -- in the auto industry, monthly sales numbers are no exception. I should know: Â I once worked at Mercedes-Benz, where my responsibilities included toting up the data.    For instance, AutoData Corp. reported on May 1 that U.S....]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese automaker Toyota outsold U.S. automaker General Motors in 2006, according sales calculations by face=+Italic; Automotive Newsface=-Italic;  .Japanese automaker Toyota outsold U.S. automaker General Motors in 2006, according sales calculations by face=+Italic; Automotive Newsface=-Italic;  .]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jun 03, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) --  Japanese car maker, Toyota, increased its sales in the US by 14 per cent  in May 2007. It sold more vehicles than Ford for the third time in seven  months. It is challenging the positi...]]></description>
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