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Correct these leads and sentences from business stories:

  1. The Albright Corp. today reported record income for last year with sales rising almost 50 percent, from $55 million to $82 million last year.
  2. The Y-Mart furniture chain reported record sales last year, an increase of almost 100 percent over the previous year. Sales last year totaled $62,500,000, compared with $42,750,000 the year before.
  3. A record number of bait-and-switch charges were made by customers to the state consumer agency last year. The agency head, Alfred Wilson, said in his annual report that 57 state businesses were charged with the illegal sales tactic. The report also cited "considerable improvement" in compliance with the state's new restaurant inspection law.
  4. Although the Consumer Price Index has more than tripled over the past 30 years, Acuff said, prices on small consumer items have not gone up that much. "Kids aren't being hurt when they buy gum or chocolate bars," he said. "Prices haven't increased that much."
  5. Allison Equipment Corp., a local manufacturer of machine tools, today reported revenues of $26.5 million, the highest in its 26-year history. Total income last year was 15 percent over the previous year, F. L. Briggs, the president, announced yesterday. However, because of higher costs and a tax ruling the company had futilely protested, net earnings were down from $1.50 a share two years ago to $1.38 a share last year.







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