Officials claim that the economy grew by 6% in the first half of this year, thanks mainly to high sugar production and tourism, and that growth for the year will outstrip their previous forecast of 2.5%.

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Wednesday's report follows Solarfun's forecast earlier this month for strong demand in the second half of this year and said it plans to increase its production capacity.

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Schmidt is focused on protecting his market in Japan, where half of his 40, 000- bottle-a-year production goes.

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Exports accounted for nearly half the plant's total production of 220, 000 vehicles last year, Mr. Sano said.

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Johnson Matthey cited growth in vehicle production in Europe and North America in the first half of the year.

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General Motors, Healey reports, is accelerating the redesign of its large SUVs, sharply improving their production, sales rates and pricing in the first half of last year.

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Saab will come out with a suite of new models in the next year and a half, including the new 9-5 which recently went into production.

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The main reason for the increased production is simple: more than 1000 wills drilled over the past year and half have not yet been brought on line.

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China's steel production rose 15% year on year in November after flat-lining in the first half of the year.

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