21.   French President Jacques Chirac will visit Beijing next month and expects to sell billions of dollars of Airbus airplanes.

22.   In May, French President Jacques Chirac is to visit Beijing hoping to sell billions of dollars of Airbus airplanes.

23.   Saudi firms are among hundreds of foreign companies selling billions of dollars worth of goods ranging from wheat to chemical products to electricity generators to Iraq.

24.   Wall Street firms typically sell billions of dollars of their own securities as a way to raise money to back purchases in the financial markets.

25.   Britain has sold billions of dollars worth of military equipment to Saudi Arabia as well as several other Gulf Arab monarchies.