Auto sales rise; Asians gain share
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Consumers shrugged off higher gasoline prices and weaker economic conditions to lift new car and truck sales up 2.2 percent in October.
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DETROIT - US auto sales rose 2.2 percent in October as Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. led Asian automakers to a record 35.
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Asian stocks rose after comments by Vice Premier Huang Ju increased optimism that China won&#39;t adopt new measures to slow economic growth.
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General Motors Corp. posted an  unexpected monthly sales rise on Thursday and Japan's Toyota  Motor Co. made further market inroads as February U.S. auto  sales avoided the slump most analysts had predicted.
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Auto supplier&#39;s shares rise after it says it will sell more companies that aren&#39;t market leaders. By Jeff Green and Jeff Bennett / Bloomberg News.
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Ford Motor Co.  said on Thursday  its China retail vehicle sales rose 25 percent year-on-year in  the first half to 93,206 units.
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Retail sales, helped by sizzling activity in auto showrooms, jumped by 1.2 percent in December, providing a solid finish to a year in which sales climbed at the fastest pace since 1999.
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General Motors Corp.  posted an unexpected rise in February sales on Thursday, bucking a slump that pulled monthly U.S. auto sales lower for its struggling Detroit-based rivals, while Japan's Toyota made further market inroads.
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Asian stocks rose on Thursday, with  an index of shares outside Japan at record levels for a second  successive day, as strong earnings from U.S. computer maker  Dell boosted shares in technology suppliers.
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Asian stocks were mostly higher on Monday, led by electronics and telecoms firms, while oil extended gains and the dollar edged up ahead of an expected US Federal Reserve interest rate rise on Tuesday.
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Germany's BMW , the world's  biggest luxury carmaker, said on Thursday that sales in Asia  rose 13.8 percent in 2006 to a record 126,949 vehicles and  reiterated its goal to hit sales of 150,000 by next year.
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Exporters such as Honda Motor Co. led gains in Asian shares on Monday as a rebound in the U.S. dollar eased concerns over corporate profits.
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U.S. automakers surrendered more market   share in August as sales incentives and gains by Asian   automakers kept overall sales steady, analysts said on   Thursday, a day before car makers release monthly U.S. sales   results.
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Honda Motor Co., Japanâs third-biggest car maker, reported a 9.2 percent rise in quarterly operating profit thanks to improved domestic and Asian sales and raised its full-year forecast by 7 percent.
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Honda Motor Co  posted a stronger-than-expected 38 percent rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, helped by a jump in Asian margins in particular and strong global sales of its new CR-V crossover.
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Asian shares rose on Thursday, led by exporters such as Honda and Samsung and resource stocks, after upbeat U.S. growth data eased worries about the health of the economy in Asia's biggest export market.
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Gains in U.S. tech stocks and increasing economic confidence pushed Asian stock markets higher on Monday, while a surprisingly large jump in Japan's current account surplus sapped the dollar.