The business that Merle Hinrichs launched in 1971 was pretty conventional even in those simpler times.

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Nearly two decades later -- before the Net entered the public consciousness -- Hinrichs went digital.

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During an investor conference presentation last week, Joe Hinrichs, Ford president for Asia Pacific and Africa, laid out the case for Ford growth in China.

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Chinese car-buyers, armed with smartphones and computers, scour the world to find out what is the best on offer, says Joe Hinrichs, Ford's Asia-Pacific boss.

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Hinrichs identified 11 market niches in China, including seven for cars.

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But what Hinrichs didn't realize when he founded Asian Sources trade publications in Hong Kong was that he had laid the foundation for the region's first business-to-business Internet company.

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Joseph Hinrichs, Ford's group vice president of manufacturing and labor relations, said the agreement would push Ford's total labor cost per hour, including benefits, "into the ballpark" with foreign-based rivals.

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"SUVs are a strength for Ford globally and here in China, the SUV segment is one of the fastest growing segments in the industry, " said Joe Hinrichs, president of Ford's Asia Pacific and Africa region.

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As the title suggests, we follow the last act in the life of Sophie Scholl (Julia Jentsch), who, with her brother Hans (Fabian Hinrichs) and a friend, Christoph Probst (Florian Stetter), was arrested in 1943 on a charge of treason.

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