21.   That is roughly even with the expected sales of Nintendo, long the leader in home video games.

22.   The expected early partial sale of France Telecom was meant to prepare France for liberalization of its telecommunications market.

23.   The expected sales follow a wave of new supply.

24.   The Ford sale was the first in a string of expected sales.

25.   The Jets have said nothing about the timing of the expected sale, or about the intentions of the Hess estate.

26.   The sale comes before a number of other expected sales of such hybrids, investment bankers said.

27.   The survey also found that of those small businesses owners selling via the Internet, two-thirds expected sales to increase.

28.   There was no information immediately available on the expected sale of other parts of Hambros Bank Ltd., a Hambros spokesman said.

29.   U.S. stocks tumbled after reports of a reversal in the bond market and lower than expected November retail sales.

30.   While companies adjusted to better match inventories with expected sales in recent years, slower-than-expected economic growth still makes planning difficult.