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Mercedes

The US luxury market: Mercedes is the new leader

I'm not entirely convinced about Mercedes' new policy on reliability, image and the sorts but it seems that the majority of people is. I'm only saying this because US sales of the German three point star have risen so much they over took the arch-rivals at BMW and recently even the long reigning Lexus. That raise in sales Mercedes registered...

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Honda

Honda will try to meet Chinese strikers demands

Honda have announced the plan that's destined to get its Chinese employees back to work and all it's plants in the People's Republic up and running again. The workers that staged a walk out that lead to the closing of four Honda plants in China have been demanding an increase of over 50 per cent in pay and benefits as...

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Honda

Four Honda plants in China closed due to strikes

The growing labor issues in China have hit home and Japanese car maker, Honda is the first victim of the situation. Yesterday, May 29th, Honda had shut all four of its Chinese plants as a result of massive strikes of company employees. The problem isn't new as the manifestations started round the middle of the month, with the 17th being...

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General Motors April sales count raises

More news from Detroit as General Motors has just announced better sales figures for this month when compared to last year's April disastrous sales. Mind you, while this April 2010 has better sales than April 2009 it's still 2% down on March 2010. The news are even better when the statistics are focused on the GM's four core brands because...