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		<title><![CDATA[New Car Sales Leap 57.6 Percent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - New car sales in Britain leapt an annual 57.6 percent in November, their biggest rise this year as buyers took advantage of a government incentive scheme and a temporary cut in sales tax.The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said the scrappage scheme accounted for more...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:15:25 -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[Pendragon Trading Ahead of Plan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Car dealer Pendragon PDG said it traded ahead of plan in the four months to October 31, with the outcome boosted by the government's "cash for bangers" scrappage scheme, good cost control and a better used car performance."We are confident that this year's results will be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:45:29 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Harbin Electric, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions.  Your first question comes from Brian Drab &#8211; William Blair & Co. Brian Drab &#8211; William Blair & Co. I guess I'll start just with the linear motor business.  First of all, your gross margin was really strong in that business....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:17:10 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lower Gas Prices Deflate Sales for Smart, Other Smallest Cars]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[High gas prices last year started a stampede to the smallest of the small cars, including Smart. But this year, except for the Kia Forte, sales of entry-level cars are down sharply. by Jim Henry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:59:31 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Toyota scales back loss forecast]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Toyota Motor scaled back its loss forecast for the year to next March on Thursday, reflecting an aggressive cost-cutting drive and improved sales of some vehicles ? particularly low-emission cars such as its Prius hybrid, which have been made more affordable by government subsidies.Toyota said it expected to make...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:50:29 -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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		<title><![CDATA[AutoNation Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions.  Our first question is coming from Mr. Rick Nelson of Stephens, Inc.  Richard Nelson &#8211; Stephens, Inc  Mike, can you comment on what you're seeing in October both new and used cars from a sales standpoint and then inventories were at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:08:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Frequent Styling Changes Increase Market Share, Study Says]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, I reported on a CNW Market Research study claiming that todayÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s auto buyers are fickle, with only 20 percent choosing to stick with the brand theyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d most recently bought. But now a Virginia Commonwealth University studyÃ‚Â says that the most important reason consumers switch brands is a failure to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:29:14 -0700</pubDate>
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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[Used Car Prices Up as New Car Sales Sour]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Jim Henry has recently pointed out on BNET Autos, after the lift from the federal Cash for Clunkers program car sales are going sour again. General Motors posted a 45 percent year-to-year retreat in September, and Chrysler dropped 42 percent. Only Ford, which has the best new products, is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:49:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With bigger automakers out of the way, Hyundai grabbed discounted advertising deals it never could have landed pre-recession.  Late last year, Chris Perry, marketing communication director at Hyundai Motor America, got a call he&#8217;d been waiting years to receive. A rep in Hyundai&#8217;s media-buying agency reported that an exclusive...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[America&#8217;s Car Mart F1Q10 (Qtr End 7/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions We will take our first question from David [Berkloff] with [Seasons] Incorporated.  David Berkloff - Seasons Incorporated Good morning, guys and congratulations on a great quarter. I have a couple of questions. First, can you comment at all about the sales trends in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:42:14 -0700</pubDate>
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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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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:32:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chinese electric car group speeds up US plans]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ BYD, the upstart Chinese car company backed by US investment guru Warren Buffett, said yesterday that it would start selling its e6 all-electric sedans in the US next year, a year ahead of schedule.Announcing in Hong Kong that the company had nearly doubled first-half net profits from a year...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nesting: Watch Out for Sales Gimmicks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toys "R" Us wants you to think that it cares deeply about your baby's safety. Starting on August 28th, the retailer is running a "Great Trade-In" event encouraging parents to exchange used cribs, car seats, high chairs, strollers and other baby gear for a 20% coupon on new replacement products....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:40:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cash for Clunkers Ends With a Bang and a Whimper]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[And so Cash for Clunkers ends with both a bang and a whimper. The program, which stopped accepting new consumer applications on Monday, was undoubtedly a success. In the third quarter, the White House Council of Economic Advisors said the program would increase economic growth by as much as 0.3...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:34:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Popular US clunkers scheme runs out of road]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Across the US this weekend, dealers were enjoying the last hurrah of the government's car scrappage programme ? the popular $3bn "cash-for-clunkers" scheme.The Keith Pierson Toyota dealership in Jacksonville, Florida has completed 70 rebate deals since the scheme to funnel money to car buyers started less than a month...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:38:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cash For Clunkers Or The F-22?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration has announced that the three billion dollar "Cash for Clunkers" will end on Monday the 24th of August.  They are advising dealers to stop writing these kind of deals.  The program supposedly burned through the money in less then six weeks.  The program initially...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:03:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[paidContent Quick Hits For Weekend: 08.16.09]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Â»  Redbox's video game rentals kiosks starts going live; first one in Reno, NV and rents games for $2.Â»  France Telecom's East Coast research center  in Boston, Orange Labs is closing, after seven years. Cost cutting is the reason.Â»  A 35-year old is the new head of Univision....]]></description>
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