Over all, sales rose about 2 percent from last year.

Sales in the period rose 42 percent, to $1.08 billion, from $762 million a year earlier.

Sales rose 24 percent last year, from £7.554 billion for the two companies in 2002.

Global sales rose 6.4 percent in the half from the period last year.

Indeed, its sales rose 22 percent to $4.7 billion in 2005.

Sales for the period rose 19 percent, to £8.9 million.

Sales rose more than 18 percent, to $ 128.4 billion.

Sales rose 63 percent, to $1.42 billion from $873 million.

Sales in 1989 rose by 25.2 percent to $25.8 billion.

Sales should rise to $650 million in 2000 and $1.1 billion next year, he said.