Clever Danes set up little corporations to absorb their income and write off expenses, such as cars.
But those that sell big-ticket items, such as cars and appliances, have more reason to be nervous.
As China moves up the value chain, it will export cheaper products in new industries, such as cars.
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But the output of goods less exposed to low-cost competition, such as cars and chemicals, has grown (see chart).
Brazil in particular could be compromised by Chinese competition in sectors such as cars, according to a recent Inter-American Development Bank report.
The Poles mostly keep their wealth in disposable assets such as cars.
And guaranteeing the same price to all may tempt customers of big-ticket items such as cars to buy now, rather than wait to see if prices fall.
Most notably, deflation's advocates point to falling prices for certain goods, such as cars, clothes and hotel rooms, as evidence that the general price level is falling.
Household names these are not, but unlike Koreas struggling makers of me-too products such as cars and memory chips, Lims firm sticks to things others cant easily copy.
They distrust Mr Thanong's projection of an export-led recovery, given that Thailand is in the throes of shifting from cheap-labour industries to manufacturing capital-intensive goods, such as cars and electronics.
In Europe and America women decide on 70-80% of all household purchases and strongly influence buying decisions even for items such as cars and computers that are generally seen as male preserves.
Chinese bureaucracy also gets in the way in sensitive industries such as cars and technology, where a centrally directed industrial policy appears to be allocating a share of the market to domestic companies.
Goods producers are hit hardest in downturns: consumers are more likely to defer spending on big-ticket items, such as cars and home appliances, than on the frequent small purchases that keep service industries ticking over.
Chinese-style, big-ticket projects are part of Gujarat's formula, including refineries and ports, but so are networks of smaller firms and foreign companies which have now achieved critical mass in industries such as cars and pharmaceuticals.
David Owen, an economist at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, points out that consumer spending in Europe, unlike America, has stagnated over the past couple of years, leaving big pent-up demand for consumer durables such as cars and electrical goods.
The government's strategy has been to treat imports of capital goods, such as machine tools, relatively generously (to help Kia and its peers improve their manufacturing), while clamping down on imports of western consumer goods, such as cars.
's Nicholas Negroponte describes the difference between physical products and information products in the digital age as the difference between moving atoms around (physical products such as cars and computers) and moving bits around (electronic products such as financial analyses and news broadcasts).
Cars with the lowest levels of carbon emissions, such as hybrid cars registered in or after March 2001, are exempt from paying the duty.
Cabulous, the mobile cab-hailing app, is rebranding as Flywheel and opening up its platform to allow rides from cars other than taxis, such as licensed black cars.
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As the world also looks for sources of renewable energy and transport, such as electric cars, demand will stabilize.
He had had an American tutor for much of his boyhood, and developed a taste for western pleasures such as fast cars.
Berlin, industry sectors such as .cars and even web slang like .lol.
Yes, we can control certain aspects, such as the cars we drive and the level of personal commitment to energy savings and efficiency.
One stellar company that builds this principle into its operating procedure is Pixar Animation Studios, known for such blockbusters as Cars, Toy Story, and Ratatouille.
And the ramp-up comes as the area has become a hotbed of some new auto technologies, such as electric cars with Tesla Motors Inc. in Palo Alto.
The premise: Buy up lots of small companies in a fragmented business--such as used cars, funeral homes, office products, food distribution and medical diagnostics--then purchase raw materials in bulk to cut costs.
Not unexpectedly, the theme park business has received a fresh boost from such rides as Cars Land at Disney California adventure, with admissions up eight percent and per-capita spending rising 10 percent.
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These buyers' aesthetic preferences are shaped as much by Apple iPhones as high-performance cars, and many of them have been drawn to the understated lines of Audi's design and details such as the cars' high-tech multimedia systems.
Core CPI, which excludes food and energy because of their volatile nature, for October was flat from September, with declines in an array of items such as used cars and trucks (fell 0.9%), clothing (fell 0.3%), and tobacco (down 0.3%).
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