Business -- December 3, 2005

• Auto output may reach 5.6 mln this year: analyst
• BP forms special division for alternative energy business
• Chinese bid farewell to etiquette telegrams
• China's textile export expected to grow 19 percent this year
• China to sell another 20,000 tons of copper

• Chinese government shifts macro-control focus onto industrial oversupply
• Dumping exists in chemical imports from US, Japan: China
• FAW launches its fourth home-designed brand
• Hong Kong employment reaches new high
• HK is model of free trade's benefits: chief executive

• OPEC-EU dialog essential to world economy: OPEC chairman
• Sony: over 100 mln sets of PS2 entertainment systems sold globally
• US automakers' sales down sharply in November
• Venezuela says OPEC to consider new oil price range