BMW sees no signs of U.S. demand slowdown
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Germany's BMW , the world's biggest premium carmaker, said in Sunday it saw no sign of a slowdown in the United States and aimed to sell at least as many cars in 2008 here as in 2007.
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Passenger vehicle sales should  strengthen nearly 20 percent by the end of the decade to about  70 million vehicles annually, spurred by growth not only in  developing markets but in the United States and Europe, the  chief executive of BMW AG BMWG.DE said on Monday.
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MUNICH, Germany  - BMW would be prepared to supply a rival Formula One team with engines if requested, team boss Mario Theissen said on Monday.
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Black & Decker Corp  and Stanley Works  on Monday gave dim forecasts for 2008 as a slowdown in the U.S. housing market has stifled demand for building equipment.
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New orders for long-lasting U.S.-made goods were held back by a sharp plunge in demand for new aircraft, the Commerce Department said.
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The fast food giant shows little sign of slowing.
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DETROIT, Jan. 14 -- Faced with the stark choice between feeding Americans' appetite for big, powerful cars and embracing new technologies that will use less fuel and emit fewer gases, the world's automakers appear intent on having it both ways.
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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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New orders at U.S. factories were unchanged in August, a stronger showing than expected, but they were down after stripping out orders for transportation equipment, a government report on Wednesday showed.
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German carmaker BMW  said  group vehicle sales fell 22 percent to 16,935 in the United  States in January but said it expected retail sales there to  rise slightly in 2008 compared to last year.
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IMF forecasts U.S. growth will slow, but experts note world economy increasingly resists spillover.
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Japanâs machinery orders fell in December, signaling that economic growth may slow this year as companies scale back spending on factories and equipment. Non-government machinery orders, excluding shipping and utilities, declined a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent from November, the Cabinet Office said.
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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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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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Machines' high price, and belief that demand for them in U.S. is relatively modest, will keep them out of U.S. market for now.
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BMW chief Norbert Reithofer is due to look into alliances with parts makers and have more car production in the US.