In October, the BMW Group came a large step closer to its sales target for the whole year – an increase in the higher single-digit range. The number of BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles delivered rose by 13.2% in comparison with the same month last year (108,897) to reach 123,304 cars.

Apple® today announced that it sold (or delivered in the case of maintenance agreements) over two million copies of Mac OS® X Leopard since its release on Friday, far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously the most successful OS release in Apple’s history.

Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today reported results for the three months ended September 30, 2007. Net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 were $258.6 million, down 2.1% sequentially from sales of $264.1 million in the immediately preceding quarter, and down 3.5% from sales of $267.9 million in the prior year’s second quarter.

McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced the appointment of Michael DeCesare as executive vice president of worldwide sales operations.

Fujitsu Limited today announced that the sales organizations of Fujitsu Limited's Electronic Devices Business Group and Fujitsu Devices Inc. will be integrated as of October 1, 2007. The combined entity, to be renamed Fujitsu Electronics Inc. ("FEI"), will consolidate the sales forces of Fujitsu's electronic devices products and will aim to become the industry leader of the market in Japan.

An important article from the October issue of the Journal of Consumer Research examines the effectiveness of a new confusion-based sales technique called “disrupt-then-reframe.”

Quick: You’re walking by a store window and you see a sign that says, “20% off the original price plus an additional 25% off the already reduced sale price.” So, how much is the discount" Consumers often mistakenly think the total discount is 45% off the original price when, in fact, the true discount is 40%.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of July 2007, including an all-time record for overseas and worldwide auto production for the month of July.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced its production, sales and export results for July 2007.

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, is expanding its presence in Brazil to help the company service its expanding customer base in the growing South American broadcast product, systems and services market.

With deliveries of 103,700 passenger vehicles in July, the Mercedes Car Group has slightly increased its sales result compared to the same month last year (102,300 units). Since the beginning of the year, 721,400 units of the Mercedes-Benz, Maybach, and smart brands have been sold all over the world (January-July 2006: 729,600 units).

Apple® today (July 31) announced that more than three billion songs have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes® Store (www.itunes.com).