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...Mr Hirano added that Tokyo would rebuff any US efforts to impose quotas or other restrictions on its automotive exports....
...The USA (#4) and Portugal (#9) were already excluded from the list and the Spain decision will not imbue confidence that others destinations won’t be excluded at short notice....
...Instead, they have continued to trim capital expenditure, cut costs and put profits above chasing market share....
...Johnson Controls has been exposed to China’s slowdown through its car-seat division, which has a venture with China’s Yanfeng Automotive....
...Johnson Controls (JCI) last year announced plans to form a vehicle interiors joint venture with China’s Yanfeng Automotive, a deal that completed only on July 2 this year....
...Jonathan Elmi , Macquarie Capital (USA) Jonathan Elmi is a vice-president at Macquarie Capital (USA), covering small- and mid-cap regional banks....
...In March, Geely bought Australia’s Drivetrain Systems International. Hummer’s sales have collapsed over the past two years as petrol prices have risen....
...Obama’s trim suits on a trim frame might prompt American men to get out of comfy (read: “I’ve given up on myself”) mode and start updating their wardrobes....
...“We are going to tighten our belts, roll over and pay off debt, and be really trim over the next year,” he says....
...Continental gained 1.9 per cent to €87.05 after the German automotive supplier announced a 30 per cent increase in net profits to €929.6m....
...First, it shows story shows, first, that the doctrines of the Toyota production system have spread far beyond the automotive sector....
...As president of the CBS network in the 1980s, he was responsible for hosting a traditional banquet for Tokyo Broadcasting System, one of the biggest buyers of CBS's programmes overseas....
...The Trim-100 project was given strong impetus by Wolfgang Reitzle, who took over as Linde chief executive in 2003....
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