In 2011, most Sprinter van sales are under the Mercedes-Benz brand, but some are under the Freightliner heavy-truck brand, which also belongs to parent company Daimler AG.

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It was leg-spinner Nick Gadsby (3-44), however, who parted van Jaarsveld and Sales when he bowled the latter with the total on 206.

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However, chief executive Frans van Houten said he expected sales to remain subdued in the first half of this year, because of the "challenging market" in the US and Europe, which account for well over half of Philips' revenues.

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Martin van Jaarsveld (87) and David Sales (67) put on 138 after Graeme Swann had raced to 50 off 40 balls.

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"Our vision is, and will continue to be, to enrich the lives of people around the world through our commitment to delivering state-of-the-art video phone communications services, " said Allan Van Buhler, senior vice president of sales and marketing for WorldGate.

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While the works of masters such as Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Picasso have fetched hundreds of millions of dollars at both auction and private sales in recent years, living artists are increasingly commanding higher and higher prices too.

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