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		<title>IBIS CEE latest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 140 delegates have heard the issues, trends and best practice from all corners of the globe during the morning sessions of IBIS CEE. In the opening session of IBIS CEE, Chris Mann offered anoverview of the industry issues faced in countries around the world. He looked at repair markets in countries including Argentina, Canada, China and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slow start to 2012 for Europe’s new car market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the latest analysis from JATO Dynamics, the world’s leading provider of automotive intelligence, the European new car market experienced its worst start to a year since 2009 as economic uncertainty continues across the eurozone. JATO’s research found four key trends:  The European new car market declines by 7.1% in January A combined fall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ibisworldwide.com/news/slow-start-to-2012-for-europe%e2%80%99s-new-car-market/</link>
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		<title>US DoT proposes ‘distraction’ guidelines for automakers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Proposed recommendations designed to encourage manufacturers to develop ‘less distracting in-vehicle electronic devices WASHINGTON – US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced the first-ever federally proposed guidelines to encourage automobile manufacturers to limit the distraction risk for in-vehicle electronic devices. The proposed voluntary guidelines would apply to communications, entertainment, information gathering and navigation devices or functions that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ibisworldwide.com/news/us-dot-proposes-%e2%80%98distraction%e2%80%99-guidelines-for-automakers/</link>
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		<title>General Motors unveils record profits for 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US carmaker General Motors made record profits in 2011 but unveiled huge losses in its European operations. The firm made a profit of $7.6bn (£4.85bn) over the year, up 62% from 2010. However, it lost $700m in Europe, which includes its UK Vauxhall plants in Ellesmere Port and Luton, and made a $100m loss in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ibisworldwide.com/news/general-motors-unveils-record-profits-for-2011/</link>
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		<title>Bodyhop owner testifies at police kickback trial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baltimore Sun reports: Repair shop owner Alex Moreno said he was approached in 2008 by a Baltimore police officer with an idea to help boost sales at his fledgling Rosedale business: in exchange for a cut, officers would funnel cars to the shop. Soon, Majestic Auto Repair was getting customers almost exclusively from city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New IBIS China Report unveiled</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IBIS has introduced the IBIS China Report: China – opportunities in collision repair and the automotive aftermarket. The landmark report was developed in cooperation with Technomic Asia, market strategy consultancy in the China automotive market, and KerenOr Consulting, specialist advisor to the collision repair industry. The seven-section report highlights a market fraught with difficulties but offering limitless [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ibisworldwide.com/news/new-ibis-china-report-unveiled/</link>
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		<title>BBC: China vow to help on eurozone debt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[China has promised to help resolve the eurozone&#8217;s debt crisis, after talks with EU leaders in Beijing. Premier Wen Jiabao offered co-operation to help stabilise debt-ridden EU nations, but made no specific promise to invest in a European bailout fund. EU leaders have been seeking Chinese money to help bolster a planned fund of about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ibisworldwide.com/news/bbc-china-vow-to-help-on-eurozone-debt/</link>
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		<title>Mazda collision avoidance technology for an ‘accident free’ world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mazda Motor Corporation has developed an advanced safety technology called Smart City Brake Support (SCBS), which helps a driver to avoid a frontal collision when driving at low speeds in the city or in slow traffic. Mazda Motor Corporation has developed an advanced safety technology called Smart City Brake Support (SCBS), which helps a driver [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ibisworldwide.com/news/mazda-collision-avoidance-technology-for-an-%e2%80%98accident-free%e2%80%99-world/</link>
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		<title>Pledge to cut car whiplash claims in UK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The BBC reports the government will tighten the rules on car insurance to reduce claims for whiplash and bring the cost of premiums down, David Cameron is to say. As he hosts a meeting in Downing Street with insurance, consumer and business groups, the prime minister will say he wants to stop &#8216;trivial claims&#8217;. Insurers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ibisworldwide.com/news/pledge-to-cut-car-whiplash-claims-in-uk/</link>
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		<title>BBC: Japan economy contracts amid strong yen and Thai floods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s economy contracted more than expected in the last three months of 2011 as a rising yen and floods in Thailand hurt businesses. Gross domestic product shrunk by 2.3% during the period from a year earlier, much worse than 1.4% contraction that analysts had forecast. Compared with the previous three months, the economy shrank by [...]]]></description>
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