The strong sales are another sign that auto sales will continue to boost the U.S. economy, as consumer replace aging vehicles and businesses invest in trucks as they gain confidence.
Beijing insists its auto industry needs protection as it forms conglomerates, but there is little sign China's 120 auto-makers want to join hands, linked as many are to local interests.
The recovery in auto sales is one more sign the U.S. economy is picking up.
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In the last few weeks Gregory has got eight requests for proposals from liquor and auto companies--a sign, perhaps, of the long slow crawl from the bottom.
Today, even the fastest of fast four-wheeled machines only connect to the world at large over 3G, another sign of the auto industry struggling to keep up with the world of consumer electronics.
It is a December afternoon, and Cunningham, 44, is inside his second-floor studio that sits above a sign-maker and an auto garage.
According to CNW Marketing Research, an Oregon-based firm that analyzes the auto industry, it is a positive sign for the economy when BMW dealers notice that a lot of their shoppers start out looking for a 3 series car, but end up buying the more luxurious 5-series.
Only when Ford's "great believer, " his wife, Clara, threatens to leave does he sign an agreement with the United Auto Workers union.
In another positive sign for the U.S. auto industry, General Motors took the top spot in China sales in 2011, displacing Japanese automaker Toyota to take a dominating share of what the Detroit automaker called its biggest international market.
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Still, the mere possibility of such a merger between two of Detroit's Big Three automakers is a sign of how dire the circumstances have become for the U.S. auto industry.
If Apple retail-store employees get tired of working under the sign of the fruit, a whole bunch of them could have good careers in the auto industry.
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Volvo is expected to sign a technology-sharing pact with owner Geely that could determine how they will position their auto brands.
Turning again to overseas trading, in a sign of continuing investor worries about Chinese shares following a spate of of governance problems, China Auto Rental reportedly announced yesterday that it would postpone a planned U.S. offering on due to pricing issues.
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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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