21.   A big company steals the idea and floods the market with a new product before the inventor even gets a patent.

22.   A series of new mine openings in South America flooded the market with copper and depressed prices even further.

23.   A slide in consumption came as refineries, mines and farmers boosted output, flooding the market with fresh supplies, analysts said.

24.   Advance shares plunged on worries that the acquisition will crimp earnings per share growth and that the rights issue will flood the market with its stock.

25.   After years of warning about the risks of inflation and the importance of sound policy, the BOJ has suddenly begun flooding the market with liquidity.

26.   Almost all big paper makers said they are reducing production as they try to keep supplies from flooding the market and depressing prices.

27.   Burr admits he has trouble keeping a mental inventory of all the albums with a Selena connection that have flooded the market.

28.   Brent fell because few buyers sought North Sea crude oils as buyers expected lower prices once Iraqi supplies flood the market.

29.   But a plethora of free-agent linebackers flooded the market, and Smith signed a one-year deal with the Eagles the day of the April draft.

30.   But a technology wave has hit exercise equipment, and manufacturers have begun flooding the market with gadgets for fitness buffs.