Suzuki, Toyota and Honda have all been enjoying sales growth in China, but the next few months could harm their prospects of meeting their 2012 sales goals, IHS Automotive analysts told China Daily in Beijing on Wednesday.

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China, whose planning prowess for the past three decades may be unmatched by any other nation, has done the math and concluded a serious commitment to alternative energy sources is critical to meeting its power needs while also reducing environmental harm.

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According to sources at the meeting, Cunningham accused McCain of doing "more harm than good" to Republicans by advocating a ban on soft money without also calling for so-called "paycheck protection" that would impose limitations on the political expenditures of labor unions.

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At the meeting a taxi driver said the late night and weekend services would harm his business.

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"I think it is entirely legitimate to have a conversation about whether the laws in place are doing more harm than good in certain places, " he said at the meeting of business leaders.

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Indeed, Kelli Roberts, another researcher at Cornell, told the meeting that, taking all factors into account, growing switchgrass for biochar may do more harm than good.

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