Shops say the recession and divorce blues have caused booming sales with some selling for £100 each.

But booming sales of new cars have, in turn, contributed to diminished residual values of older ones.

Are they now moving to Penny's and Kohl's, which are having booming sales?

The joint venture, however, continued to make bigger losses in spite of booming sales.

Such costs have eaten away at profits for the Big Three despite booming sales in recent years.

So have falling prices for computers, whose booming sales have helped to fuel growth, and health care costs are rising less rapidly.

But for now, he expects booming sales.

The improved outlook reflects booming sales in Eastern Europe, which surged 74 percent.

By contrast, Renault has bounced back from losses of $1 billion in 1996 to booming sales and profits last year.

But booming sales have proved the skeptics wrong; about 23,000 have been sold since the Magnum went on sale last spring.