41.   It is considered a better gauge of store performance because it does not include sales at new stores, which tend to be higher and skew results.

42.   ITT Sheraton is revamping its Global Awards program to include the sale of room-stay vouchers to corporations to offer as employee or customer incentives.

43.   Last month, Montgomery Ward dropped plans to restructure, which could have included the sale of all or part of the company.

44.   Maytag has taken a number of steps to improve its balance sheet in the past few years, including the sale of its Hoover units in Europe and Australia.

45.   Most of the fugitives who were caught were wanted for misdemeanors, including drug sales, drug possession, and driving while intoxicated.

46.   Mexico also embarked on a fiscal austerity plan that includes the sale of government-owned industries.

47.   National has been battered by the same forces causing layoffs and missed earnings across the chip industry, including lower sales in Asia and backed-up PC inventories.

48.   Nabisco Holdings has directed its management to pursue strategies that would maximize shareholder return, including a sale of the company.

49.   One of the clearer developments was that all districts reported increased activity in residential real estate, in most cases including higher sales.

50.   Other unusual blows in the quarter included lower sales in Mexico and higher costs for materials, Chrysler said.