Second-echelon marques' sales grew even faster. GM's Cadillac occupied fourth place by selling 81,000 vehicles in the first half of the year, seeing its sales soar 71 percent year-on-year.
Second, macro trends remain fundamentally sound. There are many people experiencing rising living standards, especially in terms of the rising middle class and their ability to participate in the economy not only as workers but also as consumers. That creates the demand for goods and services.
Setting aside the reality that paper will live on as a continued cheap, portable and disposable book medium outside of the first world, positive memories of books will ensure it lives on everywhere. For some, books are as much about paper, binding and cover art as they are about the words inside. They are collectable and desirable in and of the fact they simply are books. And there’s the undeniable pleasure of getting a hand-written autograph from a favorite author to place in a physical book — the Kindle equivalent, in the case of a collectible, really isn’t.
Seizing on a historic moment for women challenging discrimination in the workplace, Washington state’s legislature passed the Equal Pay Opportunity Act?on Wednesday. The bill passed both chambers on the eve of International Women’s Day.
Second batch of central SOEs chosen to optimize capital use via reforms
Seoul and Pyongyang agreed to live broadcast the Moon-Kim summit from the very initial stage, in which the two leaders shake hands.
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Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee
Seattle’s attitude may or may not have played a role in Amazon’s quest for HQ2, but it’s certainly not the only motivating factor. The second facility gives Amazon an option to mine a new talent pool, offer two different locations for new hires, and opens up additional real estate options for the company to grow. Amazon is planning to create a campus of up to 8 million square feet of office space to house up to 50,000 employees — a bit ambitious for the company’s already cramped hometown.
Second, China's opening-up has had the reciprocal benefit that its companies now operate around the world. That means Chinese companies need to understand how to capitalize on the different opportunities in regions such as Africa or the Middle East, as well as the different rules in those markets.
Separately, Prabowo, after voting in Bogor, echoed his campaign themes of a weak Indonesia at risk of disintegration.