Sales rose 49 percent from a year earlier, to $31.6 million.

Prices in 35 large cities rose 21.6 percent at the end of June from a year earlier.

All told, revenue rose 50 percent from a year earlier, to $4.49 billion.

Last July, prices rose 43 percent from the previous year.

During the third quarter of 2004, home prices throughout the nation rose 13 percent from a year earlier, according to the federal government.

Ratings for the 2007-2008 season rose 11 percent from the previous year.

Intel said its sales rose only 6 percent from a year earlier.

Revenues at the firm rose 6% from a year ago to $5.8bn.

Revenue for the quarter rose 11 percent from a year earlier, to $4.9 billion.

And the number of cellular customers rose 47 percent from a year ago to 1.67 million.