11.  Republic Industries Inc. said it completed the purchase of two automotive companies and three solid-waste removal companies.

12.  Shares rallied on news that the Chinese government favors the automotive company over its rival, Ford Motor Co., as a partner for a Shanghai automobile plant.

13.  Some market strategists said the next early-cycle stocks to move might include automotive companies and makers of household products.

14.  That approach makes sense, said Karl Ludvisgen, chairman of Ludvigsen Associates U.K. Ltd., an automotive consulting company in Europe.

15.  The net effect of the challenge posed to conventional vehicles by EVs, Rentschler said, has been to push the automotive companies to make cleaner combustion engines.

16.  Two employees of the automotive company saw a man holding a gun, running toward them and away from the Moto Cycles shop across the street.

17.  Well-wishers and automotive companies showered him with cards and gifts.

18.  Whistler Corp. is a closely held automotive company based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

19.  Onkyo America makes sound speakers, primarily for automotive companies such as General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG.

20.  But Commerce Minister Augusto Mateus would only say that there are talks with Asian and North American automotive companies at this point, without providing details.