21.   U.S. retailers said sales jumped in January, though the increases came mostly because of after-Christmas clearance sales.

22.   And as her run ends, ticket sales should be jumping.

23.   Sales jumped, store officials said.

24.   Retail sales jumped only moderately in December, perhaps in response to unseasonably mild weather conditions that slowed apparel sales, the Fed said.

25.   Swedish automakers Saab automobile AB and Volvo said Monday that their sales had jumped in the United States in September by comparison with the same month last year.