Overall sales for 2001 exceeded sales in 2000 by 2.7 percent, the realtors association said.

Worldwide it sold more than 8 million, thus exceeding sales of the Dean Martin version.

In Japan, the album reached number four and exceeded sales of more than 500,000 copies.

Eastern reported that its losses exceeded total sales.

Redemptions of bond mutual funds have exceeded sales in recent weeks.

Even the top selling companies just barely exceed sales of $100 million (hospital market).

The album was eventually certified Platinum, exceeding sales of 40,000 units.

Both figures exceeded average estimated sales for the top sellers in those same months last year by over 40,000 copies.

"But lately, the export side of our business exceeds domestic sales."

The deficit, the amount by which purchases of foreign goods exceed sales abroad, dropped 26 percent, to $5.3 billion.