61.   Earlier this week, stocks of networking equipment makers fell amid concern that slowing demand for personal computers will hurt sales of their equipment.

62.   Economists said that poor weather hurt sales and that they expected a rebound in April.

63.   Economists said that the rebound in sales was not all that surprising given that storms in the East had hurt sales in earlier weeks.

64.   Employees at the Illinois factory have also expressed some concern that the harassment suit will hurt sales, putting their jobs in jeopardy.

65.   Faulty products and shaky business strategy have hurt sales for Apple.

66.   Firestone officials said Friday that the recall had hurt sales, but noted that they also faced other problems.

67.   For the last few months, though, its recovery has been slowed by cold weather in New England, which has hurt sales of summer apparel.

68.   General Motors Corp. warned last month that sales would be hurt by the railroad problems.

69.   Gordy feared sales would be hurt by putting black faces on the cover.

70.   Gillette warned on Wednesday that its third-quarter sales would be hurt by weakness in international markets.