101.   Delta showed little growth in revenue, posting a fraction of a percentage point increase for the quarter.

102.   Democrats insisted on even more increases for education.

103.   Department stores, which had been posting strong gains in same-store sales, turned in slim increases for August.

104.   Current laws place strict limits on rent increases for vacated units, but landlords contend those restrictions must be lifted to end huge price disparities in the market.

105.   Department stores, which had seen strong gains in same-store sales, turned in slim increases for August.

106.   Despite hefty cost increases for many industrial materials, prices of finished goods rose only modestly in December, the government said Tuesday.

107.   Earlier this week, for example, the purchasing managers index, a gauge of industrial activity, showed a larger-than-expected increase for February.

108.   Economists attribute the absence of significant price increases for homes to the overall low-inflation environment in the U.S.

109.   Economists have blamed the surge of the deutsche mark and higher-than-expected wage increases for denting exports and investments, thwarting the acceleration the government expected.

110.   Electricity shares soared for the second day after Seeboard Plc pledged unexpected dividend increases for investors and lower prices for customers for the next four years.