GM Hoes to Tap Buying Potential of China's Middle Class. Firm Aims to Make Compact Car Next Year, Steering Toward Huge Population of Individual Buyers
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General Motors Corp. expects to begin building a compact car in China in 2001 with a price of US$12,000 in an effort to sell to China's middle class.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 2000
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GM tacks toward middle-class buyer with Buick sail
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General Motors Corp. announced that it will begin manufacturing a new compact automobile in China. THe Buick Sail will be priced at approximately $12,000.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 2000
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Microsoft's venture in Shanghai aims to boost sales, fight piracy
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Microsoft Corp. is planning a new joint venture in Shanghai, China, to increase sales of software and fight software piracy so prevalent in China. The expansion of activity in the region may help to improve Microsoft's image there, which has been damaged lately by several public relations blunders.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 2001
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