31.   Apple declined to specify how it plans to increase sales.

32.   Apple has also been pushing to increase sales through its own online store.

33.   As evidence of a surge in religious interest, speakers quoted Gallup polls and increased sales of books on faith and spirituality.

34.   As component prices have fallen, Dell has aggressively cut prices to increase sales.

35.   As electricity sales to consumers are deregulated nationwide, utilities are branching out into other businesses that can help them add customers and increase sales.

36.   Auto stocks gained as investors bet car companies would report their year-over-year sales increased during August.

37.   Avoiding real death threats and trying to increase the sales of his released and not-yet-released material are the two dominant theories.

38.   Based in Kampala, Uganda, the association will seek to increase the sale of coffee from the region.

39.   Bill Blair, analyst for Greig Middleton and Co., said the broader approval probably would not dramatically increase sales.

40.   Benson said he had managed to recast the company, increasing its sales, profit, capital and the quality of its management.