World Business Briefing: China: Car Sales Rise 34% in May
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Chinaâs car sales rose 23 percent in May, as price cuts and new models attracted more people to showrooms. Customers bought 488,500 passenger cars, multipurpose vehicles and sport-utility vehicles in May, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said.
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China's trade surplus rose a bigger-than-estimated 73 percent in May from a year earlier, increasing pressure on the government to allow faster currency gains.
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China&#39;s information technology industry is expected to see a sales revenue of $322.3 billion in 2004, up 42.3 per cent year-on-year, becoming the country&#39;s leading driver for economic growth, a report said.
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G.M. said it sold 9,369,524 vehicles, a 3 percent increase. Toyota last week reported its sales as a rounded 9.37 million, 6 percent more than in 2006.
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Chinaâs sizzling economy grew 11.5 percent in the third quarter, surging ahead despite official efforts to cool the countryâs boom.
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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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Sales growth in China and other emerging markets offset a decline in North America to help push Toyota's profit up 7.5 percent for its third fiscal quarter.
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China&#39;s annual economic growth surged  to an 11- year high of 11.9 percent in the second quarter,  cementing expectations for tighter policy to keep the world&#39;s  fastest-growing major economy from overheating.
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Toyota Motor Corp. said on Tuesday it expects its group-wide auto sales to rise 7 percent next year to a record 8.03 million vehicles globally as
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BMW , the world&#39;s largest  premium car maker, said on Tuesday it sold 38 percent more cars  in mainland China in the first half of 2007, as the country&#39;s  growing ranks of nouveau riche snapped up the latest models.
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U.S. auto sales steadied in May to show surprising strength in the face of high gas prices and a weak housing market, led by gains for industry leaders General Motors Corp.  and Toyota Motor Corp. .
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China's economy grew by 11.5% in the three months to the end of September, official figures show.
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General Motors Corp  on Wednesday reported worldwide sales of 9.37 million vehicles in 2007, coming in just ahead of Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp  in a closely watched race for the top spot in global sales.
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ANTING (China) - Booming demand is not only turning China into the world&#39;s fastest growing car market, but it is also pushing the country to develop vehicles that run on alternative fuels.
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General Motors Corp. , the  world&#039;s largest auto maker, said on Tuesday its sales in China  rose 47 percent in the first half of 2006, as it benefited from  a stronger-than-expected domestic market.
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DaimlerChrysler Canada (DCXGn.DE)  cruised to its 11th straight monthly sales increase in June, a  month in which sales rose at all companies that make cars in  Canada except for General Motors , company and analyst  figures showed on Wednesday.
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Demand for Volkswagen and Audi vehicles helped VW sell more than three million cars in the first two quarters of this year.