Also boosting sentiment on Wall Street, a strong auto sales number for the month of December.
Basic industries have revived, our auto industry is number one in the world again for the first time since the 1970s.
And such fleet modernization programs, which provide a generous credit to consumers who turn in old, less fuel-efficient cars and purchase cleaner cars, have been successful in boosting auto sales in a number of European countries.
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Feel the heat generated by the engines of a truck or car traveling down Broadway, and just multiply it by a billion, which according to Ward's Auto, is the number of motor vehicles now on the roads of our planet.
Although many parents may feel that one round of driver's ed is more than enough for a lifetime, the concept is catching on around the region as states institute a host of measures to try to reduce the number of auto accidents involving young drivers.
The number 1 US auto firm sold SAAB to Spyker (Netherlands) in January 2010 in a deal that MarketMind thought was crazy.
My unexpected find was a number of American auto supplier executives who were excited about state and local governments in Indiana, the environment for electric vehicle innovation there, and their opportunities in China.
State and local government spending and auto manufacturing dragged down the overall number.
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Aside from connection issues (stemming from my modem), the setup process with the Western Digital router was effortless with a number of on-board auto features.
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Labor Department data is adjusted for seasonal labor shifts, like summer auto-plant shutdowns, and receives a number of revisions before a final number is tallied.
If Japan had regained its internal energy--say, through remarkable technologies in resource recovery and efficiency, beyond the celebrated hybrid auto engines--the world's number two economy could be zigging while so many others are zagging.
And it's no accident that in a state with so many drivers, recent memories of high gas prices, and a fair number of environmentally concerned consumers, auto manufacturers are showcasing more fuel-efficient and cleaner running machines.
Called the Hummer O2 (like the H2, only less toxic), this concept -- which just won the L.A. Auto Show Design Challenge -- incorporates a number of innovative, futuristic features into its oddly-shaped chassis, not the least of which is a "phototropic" body shell that contains algae-filled panels.
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But as auto sales boom in Brazil, so have the number of accidents and deaths.
One set of clients, she reports, finally decided if they died together (say, in an auto accident) on a date with an even number, the child would be raised by one set of grandparents, and if they died on an odd-numbered date, by the other.
United Auto Workers officials say they expect to keep the current number of jobs, but GM isn't offering any such guarantees.
The auto makers ended up boasting of sales totals well above the number of cars consumers were actually buying.
Ford's marketing chief apologized, and the auto maker's ad agency in India fired an undisclosed number of workers following some "inappropriate" proposed ads for the Figo car.
Amid a string of positive economic data, including a strong jobs report for September, solid auto sales and ISM numbers, the strength of the retail sales number contrasts starkly with the weakness exhibited by consumer sentiment.
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There has already been a consolidation into a limited number of experienced lenders in markets such as credit cards and auto loans.
The failure of nearly two years of negotiations comes down to Washington's insistence on two numerical targets: the expansion and revision of "voluntary" auto parts purchasing plans by Japanese companies, and a commitment on the number of dealerships handling foreign-made vehicles.
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And I think that number is likely only to improve as -- with money from auto companies.
Therefore, one might have expected to see another run for the roses Tuesday after Factory Orders came in with a plus sign instead of the negative number that had been anticipated and it was reported that U.S. Auto Sales rose for the eleventh straight month.
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Three years later, the American auto industry is back. (Applause.) GM is back on top as the number-one automaker in the world -- (applause) -- highest profits in its 100-year history.
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