AUTOS

Domestic Auto Sales Increase: Dealers said November’s brisk business carried over into the holiday season, following an announcement by auto makers that sales of domestically built cars and trucks were up 5.3% in early December. “I don’t know how others are doing, but we’re rocking and rolling,” said Carl Inman, sales manager at a dealership in Beaver Falls, Pa. “Traditionally, everybody thinks we’re going to have a bad December because people are out Christmas shopping.” Cars sold at an annualized rate of 7.1 million and light trucks at an annualized rate of 5.4 million. During the last 30 days, cars and light trucks have sold at respective annualized rates of just under 7.1 million and 5.6 million.