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BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2010

Sales surge doubles Honda's profit

Honda's second-quarter profit more than doubled, brushing off damage from a strengthening yen as car and motorcycle sales grew in the U.S. and Japan.
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2010

Subsidies boost domestic sales at Toyota, Honda

Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., Japan's two biggest carmakers, led the 11th straight monthly increase in domestic auto sales as government incentives boosted demand.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2009

KDDI may miss profit and sales targets, CFO Nagao says

KDDI Corp. may miss its profit and revenue targets because of falling handset sales and charges to reorganize fixed-line networks, Chief Financial Officer Satoshi Nagao said.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2009

Toyota, Honda lead rise in car sales

Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. led the first rise in domestic auto sales in 13 months as government incentives and new hybrid models boosted demand, industry data showed Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2009

Sekisui banks on subsidies to boost sales of solar houses

Sekisui House Ltd. expects sales of its small houses powered by sunlight to rise fivefold in two years as buyers take advantage of government subsidies encouraging the use of renewable energy.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2009

Seven & I profit declines 28% as supermarket sales fall off

Seven & I Holdings Co. said its profit fell 28 percent in the three months that ended in May on slumping supermarket and department-store sales.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2009

Toyota, Nissan gear down

Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. led a drop in global auto production as sales in North America plunged amid rising unemployment.
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2009

Retail sales fall 5.8%; biggest dive since '02

Retail sales retreated by the biggest margin in seven years in February, the government said Friday, as growing concerns about jobs and wages deepened the country's shopping slump.
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2009

Shiseido to bolster Chinese sales with inland expansion

Shiseido Co. aims to maintain annual sales growth of more than 20 percent in China by expanding distribution into inland provinces, the company said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2008

Premium burger sales sizzle in recession

Despite of, or maybe because of, the recession, hamburger chains are doing a brisk business as they introduce premium fare.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2008

Wii sales rise 37% despite lull

U.S. sales of Nintendo Co.'s Wii video-game console rose 37 percent in September as the industry overall — including hardware and games — shrank for the first time in more than two years.

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