11.   Computer-related stocks rallied as investors bet that falling prices for personal computers will cause sales to surge later this year.

12.   Credit card sales will surge as people scarf up movie tickets days in advance.

13.   Donna Karan said sales surged in the second quarter.

14.   Driven by games and education software, CD-ROM sales have surged in the last year.

15.   Driven by decreasing computer prices and a slowly widening array of uses, CD-ROM sales are surging among consumers.

16.   Elsewhere, ADRs of Japanese electronics companies rallied on news that chip sales are surging, according to Toyo Keizai, a financial information and forecasting services company.

17.   Fountain pen sales have surged recently.

18.   General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Corp. said August sales surged to the highest levels this year, leading to shortages for new vehicles at dealerships across the country.

19.   He expects sales to surge briefly as consumers are enticed by easy access and a marketing blitz, then abate.

20.   Home sales surged to springtime levels last month as buyers lured by low mortgage rates and unusually warm weather snapped up properties, two industry groups reported Monday.