61.   Now the industry worries that consumers will continue to delay filling their tanks until the last minute.

62.   On the plus side, inventories are low and consumers continue to spend.

63.   One reason is that time-strapped consumers continue to eat more meals away from home, and they are gobbling up the larger restaurant portions.

64.   Otherwise, he said, consumers will continue to have perverse incentives to use the wrong sources of energy.

65.   Retailers have been hard-hit in recent months as consumer spending continues to wane.

66.   Rates continued to fall in September -- making it more likely that consumers will continue to buy new and existing homes.

67.   Saunders says consumers must continue to have the option of getting a contract in writing and signing it with a pen without financial penalty.

68.   Shares of semiconductor and communication equipment gained for a fourth day amid optimism companies and consumers will continue to snatch up their products regardless of where rates headed.

69.   So demand for software may taper off this year even if consumers continue to buy computers.

70.   So despite signs of an upturn, Brazilian consumers continue to act conservatively, enforcing a discipline that has imposed itself on other sectors of the economy.