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Vehicle sales up 37%; Campi says industry to continue posting growth
Inquirer
| MANILA, Philippines--The local automotive industry has kept its growth momentum by registering a 36.6-percent increase in sales as of the end of February. | In the first two months of the year, vehicle sales reached 24,336 units from 17,818 units in the same period last year. | Data from the Chamb...
Entrance to Chevron's headquarters complex in San Ramon, California. Chevron was found to have evaded $3.25 billion in federal and state taxes from 1970 to 2000 through a complex petroleum pricing scheme involving a project in Indonesia.
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Chevron to seek UK refinery sale, cut 2,000 jobs
The Guardian
* Chevron to cut 2,000 downstream jobs in 2010 * To seek bids for UK refinery, other downstream ops * Shares down 0.2 percent in early trading (Adds quote, detail, background, byline, updates share price) By Braden Reddall NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters) - Chevron Corp, the second-largest U.S. oil compa...
Vehicle sales up 37%; Campi says industry to continue posting growth
Inquirer
| MANILA, Philippines--The local automotive industry has kept its growth momentum by registering a 36.6-percent increase in sales as of the end of February. | In the first two months of the year, vehicle sales reached 24,336 units from 17,818 units i...
Chevron to Seek UK Refinery Sale, Cut 2,000 Jobs
ABC News
By Braden Reddall | March 9, 2010 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chevron Corp , the second-largest U.S. oil company, said it planned to put several downstream operations up for sale, including its Pembroke refinery in the UK, and eliminate 2,000 jobs this ye...
Chevron to seek UK refinery sale, cut 2,000 jobs
The Guardian
* Chevron to cut 2,000 downstream jobs in 2010 * To seek bids for UK refinery, other downstream ops * Shares down 0.2 percent in early trading (Adds quote, detail, background, byline, updates share price) By Braden Reddall NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters)...
High street's sales rise provides cold comfort
The Times
| Retail sales rose last month, reversing a dismal start to the year when January's icy weather kept shoppers at home, but they still fell short of raising hopes for an impending recovery on the high street. | The value of like-for-like sales rose at...
Need to know: Bovis demand ... Audi sales up ...Stagecoach results
The Times
| View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap | Economics | UK retail sales: The value of high street sales bounced up at an annual rate 2.2 per cent on a like-for-like basis last month, reversing January's 0.7 per cent decline, figures from the ...
McDonald's same-store sales up in February
Chicago Business
March 08, 2010 | (AP) — McDonald's Corp. said Monday that sales at restaurants open at least a year climbed 4.8 percent in February on strong overseas growth and a small rise in U.S. sales. | The 4.8 percent increase comes on the heels of January's...
General Motors Corp. Talegaon plant, near Pune, India. 12 April 09.
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GM India sales up 126% in February
The Times Of India
NEW DELHI: Riding high on the success of the popular Chevrolet brand, General Motors India has registered a record growth of 126 % in sales in February 2010, compared to the corres...
Toyota Land Cruiser at Auto show, Pune, India
WN / Geeta
Embattled Toyota launches sales campaign in China
The Siasat Daily
| Tokyo, March 05: Toyota said Friday it had started a sales blitz in China days after the company president apologised to drivers in the world's biggest car market for pulling 75,...
Toyota Land Cruiser Prado is a model designation used in Japan, Australia, South Africa, Middle East, Southeast Asia and Latin America as well as other parts of the world for light-duty, mid-sized four-wheel drive cars in the Toyota Land Cruiser line. They are produced by the Japanese car maker Toyota Motor Corporation. The car is marketed in many other parts of the developing world, such as the Caribbean and large parts of Africa.
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Toyota UK car sales shrink in recall backlash
The Times
| Sales of Toyota cars in the UK have tumbled this year after the Japanese carmaker's crisis over faulty vehicles that has forced it to recall nearly nine million automobiles acros...
Auto sales surge 49 percent in February
The Times Of India
| MUMBAI: India's auto sales surged 49 per cent in February compared to a year ago, as customers scrambled to buy cars before tax hikes and new emissions norms take effect. | Sales of commercial vehicles, a sign of economic activity, led gains, risin...
BHP ditches annual pricing for short-term coal sales
The Guardian
* BHP wins shorter-term coal sales to China, Japan, Europe * Shift from yearly deal prelude to iron ore change -analysts * Japan's JFE agreed to pay $200 per tonne, a 55 pct rise * http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/310/JP_CKCLPR0310.gif (Recasts lea...
Domestic car sales jump 33 pc, bikes 31 pc in Feb
Deccan Herald
New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) | Domestic passenger car sales jumped by 33.20 per cent to 1,53,845 units in February. | According to the figures released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Monday, motorcycle sales in the country duri...
Feb car sales rise 33% y-o-y: Industry
The Times Of India
NEW DELHI: Car sales in India rose an annual 33 percent in February, as customers purchased vehicles ahead of the rise in taxes in the federal budget, an industry body said on Monday. | Firms sold 153,845 cars in the month, compared with 115,505 unit...
Currency
Pound - Sterling - Money - Forex.
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Pound falls again on deficit fears
The Guardian
| • Sterling drops below $1.50 on warnings from ratings agency Fitch | • January's trade gap nears £8bn adding to pressure on pound | The pound fell to $1.494 this morning after comments from the European head of the Fitch ratings agency | Sterling fell on the currency markets again this morning following fresh concerns over Britain's soaring ...



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