11.   The profit increase reflects rising sales of mobile phones.

12.   Traders paid little attention to reports showing robust consumer confidence and rising home sales -- signs the U.S. economy is still growing at a healthy clip.

13.   Two other Japanese steelmakers that reported results today said their pretax profits doubled thanks to cost cutting and rising sales to exporters.

14.   Traders paid little attention to private reports showing robust consumer confidence and rising home sales -- signs the U.S. economy is still growing at a healthy clip.

15.   Veba said all divisions, including energy, had rising sales in the first half.

16.   The Morris Plains, N.J.-based company attributed its strong operating earnings to fast rising sales of Lipitor and the anticonvulsant drug Neurontin.