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...At the time, there were widespread expectations that the wave of defaults hitting the mortgage market would wash over the auto sector as well....
...Just to wash everyone out before getting back in....
...While analysts welcomed the more realistic capital expenditure plan and its emphasis on reducing Petrobras’s debt burden, the corruption scandal, known as Lava Jato or Car Wash, continues to cast a shadow...
...By close the S&P 500 rose 0.3 per cent to 1,992.37, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4 per cent to 17,039.49. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.1 per cent to 4,532.10....
...Volkswagen’s success at sharing its components across its brands and markets means the same engine can power a £20,000 Seat León and a £28,000 Audi TT. The average car buyer is none the wiser....
...At Kia, the younger Mr Chung was central in hiring Peter Schreyer, who designed the Audi TT, as head of design in 2006....
...Multinationals’ products turn up in the most unlikely mom-and-pop stores – in places where the usually ubiquitous cars are absent and children look goggle-eyed at foreigners....
...Investors responded negatively to News Corp’s plan to charge users of the Wall Street Journal’s website by the article....
...For most of the motoring press corps, the realisation was as heady as the sherry-soaked atmosphere of the bodegas of Jerez, from where we had begun this unfettered drive of discovery....
...The northern California producer of electric sports cars had just brought on board Daimler as a minority investor and secured a $465m US Department of Energy loan to build a factory for the Model S, its...
...The Nikkei 225 average closed 0.2 per cent lower at 13,039.69 and the broader Topix index ended 0.4 per cent lower at 1,285.91....
...Notwithstanding the dismal outlook for the U.S.consumer market this year, there are – alongside the legions of sensible family cars and big pick-up trucks aimed at middle America - some breathtaking cars...
...At the end, the Prime Minister is thanked by the press corps....
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