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Car dealers dodge retail doomsday as Black Friday buoys sales

Bloomberg There’s an exception to the rule that Black Friday deals don’t drive traffic to brick-and-mortar stores anymore: car dealerships. Honda Motor Co. and Ford Motor Co. reported bigger US sales gains than expected for in November as big rebates and cut-rate financing offers lured buyers into showrooms. While total deliveries dropped for General Motors Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles ...

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US shale drillers set to plow OPEC’s gift into more wells

Bloomberg OPEC and Russia just gave their most implacable foe, US shale, an early holiday gift. As corporate boards for American oil explorers prepare to sketch out 2018 drilling budgets, the historic agreement by Saudi Arabia, Russia and other major crude producers to extend supply caps for another year may prompt directors to spend more on drilling. That’s because the ...

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Saudi’s Jarir expects moderate growth in 2018, plans expansion

RIYADH / Reuters Major Saudi Arabian retailer Jarir Marketing Co expects single-digit growth in sales in 2018, after a double-digit pace this year as it took market share from smaller rivals, its chairman said. Government regulations pushing retailers of electronics to hire Saudi citizens instead of less costly foreigners hurt smaller companies that were less able to absorb the financial ...

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