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China Auto Sales Driven by Demand for Small-Mid size SUVs

China’s passenger-vehicle sales accelerated the most in 17 months, as General Motors Co. and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. boosted deliveries and dealers offering discounts helped clear inventories in the world’s biggest auto market. Deliveries for GM increased 18 percent to 270,529 units in July, while Ford Motor Co.’s rose 15 percent to 88,189 vehicles. Toyota Motor Corp.’s sales gained 5.7 percent

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Amazon Posts Another Blockbuster Profit

Amazon’s revenue jumped 31% including a 58% gain at its Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit. The company also more than doubled its operating margin, which historically has been razor thin, and issued a cheery outlook for the coming quarter. The results show Amazon moving toward investors’ long-held hope of consistent profitability after a lengthy period of heavy investments and

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