It does not represent a wholesale shift of production from developed economies to China.

ECONOMIST: Manufacturing employment

China Integrated Energy, Inc. (CBEH) : A non-state-owned company, China Integrated has three main businesses: the wholesale distribution of finished oil and heavy oil products, the production and sale of biodiesel, and the operation of retail gas stations.

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Ford said on Monday that it set an annual record in China in 2012, selling more than 626, 000 vehicles wholesale.

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And Ford also said earlier this month it set an annual record in China in 2012, selling more than 626, 000 vehicles wholesale.

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Blake, who was hired by Nardelli, is more cerebral and avuncular than his old friend and defends Nardelli's strategy down the line: expansion in China, personnel decisions and the much-criticized foray into wholesale building supply.

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Thailand's headline consumer-price inflation (4.1% in the year to July) was too high for the central bank's comfort, but lower than in many of its neighbours, such as China (6.5%), India, where wholesale prices rose by 9.2%, or Vietnam, where consumer prices rose by an alarming 23% in the year to August.

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Kathryn Bonanno-Patrizzi, a 45-year-old wholesale jeweler in New York, collects art deco timepieces, including some from Japan and China.

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China does not produce figures for retail car sales, preferring to believe the rosier picture offered by wholesale figures of cars sold to dealerships.

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