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Date: Monday, July 9 2007

The Big Three automakers continue to see sales declines as Toyota Motor Corp. keeps inching up. General Motors Corp.'s U.S. sales dropped 21.3% in June compared with the year-ago period; Ford Motor Co.'s dropped 8.1%; and DaimlerChrysler's fell 1.8%. Toyota, which is now the No. 2 auto seller, behind Ford, saw U.S. sales in June rise 10.2%. Nissan sales increased 22.7% and Honda Motor Co. sales rose 11.5%.

After all the hype and anticipation, analysts estimate Apple moved anywhere from between 300,000 to 700,000 units during the iPhone launch, beating expectations. Nei

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