1.   Companies including industry leader Time Warner Inc. have had their profit margins squeezed because retailers are cutting prices to compete in an overcrowded market, analysts said.

2.   Even industry leader Time Warner Inc. has had profit margins squeezed by retailers cutting prices to compete in an overcrowded market, analysts said.

3.   French banks are suffering from declining demand for loans, losses incurred on depressed property holdings, and shrinking interest margins in an overcrowded market.

4.   For some years French banks have been developing abroad, away from an overcrowded market at home.

5.   Industry leader Time Warner Inc. and others have seen their music profits decline because retailers are cutting prices to compete in an overcrowded market.

6.   The company is spending millions of dollars for television advertising in New England and the Northeast to sell their cars in an already overcrowded market.

7.   Time Warner Inc. and others have seen their music profits decline because retailers are cutting prices to compete in an overcrowded market.

8.   Highly regarded names can do well in an overcrowded market, but others get lost, said Fleming at Renaissance Capital.

9.   The losses were largely attributed to overcrowded markets due to new players from former East Germany after the unification.