Western European Car Sales Rise in December
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Western European car sales jumped by 7.7 percent on the year in December, due to higher demand in Germany, the Association of European Auto Manufacturers said Friday.
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Japanese car maker Mazda turns in forecast-beating first-half profits, helped by a jump in European sales.
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GM Europe , increased vehicle sales by 5.3 percent to a record 1,127,871 units in the first half as a surge in demand for its Korean-built Chevrolet brand cars compensated for a hefty decline in Saab sales.
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Luxury automakers BMW, Audi and Mercedes reported healthy sales increases for August on Friday, with demand from Asia and the U.S. driving gains amid mixed results in their home markets.
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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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Europe&#39;s main stock markets rose Thursday with the automaking sector in the driving seat after healthy gains to share prices overnight in New York and earlier in Asia.
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Sales at US retailers surged in the final days before Christmas, making up for weaker sales earlier in December and keeping stores on course for a gain of as much as 3 percent during the holidays.
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Europe's main stock markets rose on Thursday in light trade after the Christmas break and following slender overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said.
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Shops all over the UK reported strong sales on Saturday despite reports of disappointing pre-Christmas sales.
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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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Led by General Motors Corp., the US automotive industry rebounded in September with one of its most robust months of the year. Sales were pushed up by 2005 models
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BMW , the world's largest premium carmaker, posted a 0.5 percent rise in group sales to 94,276 vehicles in January, the company said on Wednesday.
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US 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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Sales of new cars rose 2.5% last year to 2.4 million units, driven by diesel models, says the main trade body.
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(InfoWorld) - Semiconductor sales in Europe last year grew more slowly than the worldwide average, dragged down by slow growth in microprocessors in the region, according to a report from the European Semiconductor Industry Association. Worldwide sales of semiconductors grew 8.9 percent in 2006 over the previous year, reaching $247 billion in sales. But in Europe, sales were up just 1.6 percent in 2006, the group said. The increase was driven by DSPs (digital signal processors), dynamic RAM, flash memory, discrete devices such as power transistors, and application-specific chips for consumer, automotive and industrial applications. While sales were low in December, they helped boost the yearly figure because they were better than the previous year. In the final month, European semiconductor sales were $3.5 billion, down 5.1 percent over November. However, December sales were up 5.4 percent compared to the same month in 2005. December produced low sales around the world but were still better than 2005. For the month, worldwide semiconductor sales were $21.7 billion, down 3.6 percent compared to November but up 9 percent over December 2005. The report comes amid mixed results from chip makers around the globe for the final quarter of 2006. GermanyâsÂ Infineon Technologies reportedÂ a 27 percent increase in sales for its quarter that ended Dec. 31 compared to the previous year, despite a significant drop in sales from its group that supplies chips for mobile phones. ButÂ Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. postedÂ a 5.4 percent drop in sales for the same period compared to the corresponding quarter in 2005.
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UK internet sales rose by 50% in the run up to Christmas, compared to a year earlier, a survey says.
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The euro climbed to within striking  distance of record highs against the dollar in thin dealings on  Thursday, with moves driven by technical trading in the run-up  to Christmas.