1)At Ford, the nation's No. 2 automaker, overall vehicle sales____ 2.4 percent from a year earlier to 261,694.

2)Sales of light trucks ____4.3 percent but car sales ___ 13.4 percent.

3)Sales of pickup trucks and sport/utility vehicles____ 3.8 percent to 196,106, while car sales _____ 8.6 percent to 157,011.

4)Chrysler, the North American unit of German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG, overcame a ____ in sales models.

5)Airline stocks in general ____ on Tuesday, with the American Stock Exchange airline index ____ 1.24 percent to 61.12.

6)While productivity typically leads to job growth and higher living standards ____, _____ it has helped to make the current labor market the most anemic since the Great Depression.

7)The number has ______ for_____。

8)The economy would need to _____ 5.7 percent this year or faster.

9)_____ high rates of increase in productivity.

10)the percentage of employers with fully funded plans _____ from 84 percentin 1998 to 37 percent in 2002.

11)US dollar ____ to new record lows against the euro and the Australian dollar.

12)The sales in BC Tech ____to number 3 nationwide.

13)Gas prices are ______ in San Diego.