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General Motors Co's (GM.UL) U.S. sales analyst Mike DiGiovanni said industry sales could exceed an 11 million vehicle annualized rate in November, adding that he was encouraged by some signs of strengthening in the U.S. economy.
Tags: U.S, Chrysler Group LLC, percent decline, Mike DiGiovanni, Sunnyvale, Car manufacturers, Fiat, Business Finance, General Motors, Automotive industry, Toyota, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler, Hyundai Motor Company
Exports fell 21.3% to $846.6bn (£531.4bn) over January to September, and imports were down 3.5% to $103bn. Both declines were improvements over August, when exports contracted 23%, and imports fell 17%. China's trade surplus stood at $135.5bn (£85bn)...
Tags: PetroChina Co., General Administration of Customs, U.S, percent decline, trade figures, Intel Corp., Chinese, stock markets
With a 25.9 percent decline, Stanford was outperformed by much smaller Santa Clara University, which stuck to a simpler and more traditional approach and suffered a less dismal 21 percent decline. Stanford's loss, announced Wednesday morning, marks a...
Tags: Stanford University, Stanford Management Company, percent decline, Stanford
Potentially dramatic decreases in taxes paid to the Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District and the budget impact will be discussed Wednesday by the district's commission. The public workshop starts at 1 p.m. at the Veterans Park Recreation Center.
Tags: percent decline, million deficit
The U.S. gross domestic product fell sharply in the first quarter, the Department of Commerce said Wednesday. GDP figures -- subject to revision later -- came in with a 6.1 percent drop following a 6.3 percent decline in the fourth quarter last year.
Tags: U.S, domestic product, fourth quarter, gross domestic, Commerce Department, commerce departments, percent decline, consumers spending, economy contractions
Miami-Dade County's plan to finance half of a $639 million baseball stadium with hotel taxes depends on a speedy recovery from the worst tourism downturn since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to a Miami Herald analysis. Even though hotel taxes are...
Tags: hotel tax, percent decline, marlins stadium
Hawaii's gross domestic product will shrink in 2009 along with visitor arrivals, jobs and real personal income. Director Theodore Liu. "We are hopeful of a turnaround beginning late this year, but recovery is likely to be a gradual process." The department...
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The FBI released statistics Tuesday showing that crime is down across the country and in several local communities, including San Diego. According to the FBI's Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report, the nation experienced a 3.5 percent decline in...
Tags: percent decline, FBI, San Diego, property crime, violent crime
Yes, video-game sales were down in September for the first time in 2 1/2 years, but the news is hardly bad. The decline in sales from $1.35 billion in September 2007 to $1.27 billion this September, according to the industry-tracking NPD Group, can be...
Tags: xbox 360, NPD Group, Xbox, percent decline, game sales
America's Commerce Department reported Monday that retail sales edged up two-tenths of a percentage point in March after a four-tenths of a point decline in February.
Tags: retail sales, Commerce Department, housing slump, sales edged, rise energy, sales post, food costs, prolonged housing, credit crunch, percent decline