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"The government measures helped change the outlook," hesaid, adding that the association would likely revise itsforecast again after the tax breaks expire on March 31. Even with the rebound in December, automakers are bracingfor a tough 2009. On Tuesday, French manufacturer Renault (RENA.PA) said itplans to put 1,000 workers, or 30 percent of its workforce, atits plant in Sao Jose dos Pinhais on leave for up to fivemonths, the maximum allowed by Brazilian labor law. "We're opting to avoid layoffs and preserve the jobs of ouremployees," a Renault spokesman said. "We believe that themarket is going to recover in the next five months." Brazil's national automakers' association, known asAnfavea, is expected to release sales, production and exportdata for December and 2008 on Thursday. ($12.21 reais) (Writing by Todd Benson; Editing by Brian Moss) Stocks.

Major Upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie & GarageBandSAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Apple(R) today introducediLife(R) '09, which features major upgrades to iPhoto(R), iMovie(R) andGarageBand(R), and includes iDVD(R) and an updated version of iWeb(TM). iPhoto'09 builds on the ability to automatically organize photos into Events byadding Faces and Places as breakthrough new ways to easily organize and manageyour photos. GarageBand'09 introduces a whole new way to help you learn to play piano and guitar with18 basic lessons and optional lessons from top artists such as Sara Bareilles,John Fogerty, Norah Jones and Sting. iLife '09 is included with every newMac(R) purchase and available as a $79 upgrade for existing users."iLife continues to be one of the biggest reasons our customers choose toget a Mac," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "With iLife '09, we've made workingwith photos, making movies and learning to play music a lot more fun, andiMovie users are especially going to love the advanced but easy-to-use newfeatures."iPhoto '09 makes it even easier to browse and search photos, not only bywhen they were shot (Events), but by who appears in them (Faces) and wherethey were taken (Places). Places automatically imports photo location datafrom a GPS-enabled camera or any iPhone(TM) or you can manually assign alocation to any photo, group of photos or event.

Once iPhoto knows wherephotos were taken, you can easily explore them with a simple search or aninteractive map. iPhoto '09 lets you easily publish photos to Facebook orFlickr. You can also share photos by creating athemed slideshow to play on your Mac, iPhone or iPod(R), or create a beautifultravel book, complete with customized maps of your journey.iMovie '09 adds powerful, yet easy-to-use new features to let you create amovie quickly, or add refinements and special effects to your project if youhave more time. Drag and drop one clip on top of another to reveal newadvanced editing options, including replace, insert, audio only, and evenpicture-in-picture or green screen.

With the revolutionary Precision Editor,you can skim and click on a magnified filmstrip to view clips up close andfine tune any edit, like identifying precisely how much to keep, where to cut,use sound from one clip with video from another and more. iMovie '09 analyzesvideo and reduces camera shake in clips when added to your project. Newtitles, transitions, cinematic effects, speed changes and animated travel mapsadd professional polish to your movie.GarageBand '09, the updated version of Apple's popular software used bymillions to play and record music, now gives budding musicians a fun new wayto learn to play piano and guitar. Basic Lessons let you learn thefundamentals at your own pace with Apple instructors in beautiful HD videosynchronized to animated instruments and notation. Artist Lessons featureoriginal artists showing how to play their hit songs with everything fromfinger positions and techniques to the story behind the song. Choose fromlessons by popular artists including: Sara Bareilles, Colbie Caillat, JohnFogerty, Ben Folds, Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, Fall Out Boy's PatrickStump, OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder and Sting. Artist Lessons are sold separatelyat the new GarageBand Lesson Store, available inside the GarageBand '09application.