31.   Companies like Symantec Corp. and McAfee Associates Inc. are seeing big sales increases as they perfect and market their remedies.

32.   Consumer-electronic retailers, which were expecting double digit sales increases thanks to demand for computers, were also a disappointment.

33.   Consumer-electronic retailers, which had expected double-digit sales increases because of demand for computers, also disappointed.

34.   Daewoo Motor America, a unit of the financially troubled South Korean company, has recorded seven consecutive months of sales increases.

35.   Department store chains generally had strong sales increases because of their emphasis on clothing, which is usually the biggest clearance item in January.

36.   Digital Equipment Corp. reported a fiscal first-quarter profit after losing money a year earlier, as it showed the first sales increase in six quarters.

37.   Digital Equipment Corp. reported a fiscal first-quarter profit after losing money a year ago as the struggling computer company showed the first sales increase in six quarters.

38.   Despite the sales increase, the costs of fulfillment, marketing and administration all declined.

39.   Economic data released Tuesday included the July wholesale trade report, which showed huge sales increases in both nondurable and durable goods.

40.   Eisenstadt said the Magli company prefers to attribute sales increases to a new advertising campaign.