August auto sales seen steady, gains for Toyota
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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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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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No. 3 U.S. warehouse club operator BJ's Wholesale Club Inc  said on Wednesday that its August sales at its clubs open at least a year rose 1.4 percent, meeting analysts' expectations.
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General Motors reports a 4% rise in US car sales in August, its first rise in seven months, thanks to heavy discounts attracting customers.
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Consumer sentiment was steady in early  September from August as shifts in outlooks among different  income and age groups and regions offset each other, a survey  showed on Friday.
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Sales of new homes rose by 9.4 percent in August, the Commerce Department said Monday, as mortgage interest rates remained at low enough levels to continue enticing buyers worried about future rate hikes.
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Retail sales edged up in August but  they posted the biggest decline in almost a year when car sales  were stripped out as consumer spending softened, a government  report on Friday showed.
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NAGOYA, Japan  - Toyota Motor Corp.  is bullish on the U.S. market and will keep adding manufacturing capacity in the region as demand grows, a top executive said, shooting down a newspaper report that the automaker was changing course to slow down expansion there.
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Bigger discounts helped General Motors increase sales in August while Toyota, Ford Motor and Chrysler posted declines amid troubles in the credit and housing markets.
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A recovery in the economy later this year will keep U.S. vehicle sales from plunging as deeply as the most bearish forecasts suggest, according to an outlook released on Sunday by the group representing U.S. auto dealers.
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Hurricane Charley's damaging path through Florida and the growing ineffectiveness of sales incentives caused U.S. car and trucks sales to slip in August, raising the likelihood of costly cuts in vehicle production, analysts said.
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PARIS Japanese automakers are continuing their steady gains in the European auto market, industry executives said here Thursday, with Toyota and Honda predicting significant increases in sales this year and next, despite heated price competition and
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Limited Brands Inc  said on Thursday sales at stores open at least a year rose 1 percent in August, in line with the retailer's expectations, but it expects same-store sales to be flat in September.
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The second-largest U.S. automaker said it sold 218,332 vehicles in August, down from 255,112 vehicles a year earlier.
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U.S. car and truck sales are likely to  rebound in December from a disappointing November, but the bulk  of the gain is expected to come from Asian automakers, analysts  said.
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Confidence at major Japanese companies remained unchanged from three months ago, a closely watched Bank of Japan survey showed, possibly reinforcing expectations that the central bank would raise interest rates in August.
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U.S. consumer spending slipped in August but falling gasoline prices elevated shoppers' moods by September and Midwest factory activity picked up as well, according to reports on Friday that suggested the economy was still motoring along.