BMW AG said Monday its sales fell 2.8% in June from a year earlier to 146,138 cars as the auto maker felt the pinch from lackluster economic trends in crucial markets such as the U.S. and Japan. However, in the first six months of the year, BMW’s sales were up 4.7% from a year earlier at 764,874 cars, and the maker of the world’s best-selling premium autos confirmed it expects to post a sales record for 2008. “In the first half of the year we were able to report solid growth, a...

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