11.   BankAmerica is believed to be in talks to acquire Robertson Stephens, a San Francisco investment bank and a big player in the booming market for initial public offerings.

12.   Achieving high growth in a booming market is the easy part, according to Slywotsky.

13.   All those independent contractors have created a booming market in Web sites that cater to them.

14.   Broadcasters expressed delight with the bill, and predicted a booming market in television and radio stations.

15.   Brokerages are already wooing investors with the prospect of lucrative opportunities in the booming markets in the United States and Europe.

16.   Bristol-Myers Squibb, with its pioneering research on the drug, helped create the booming statin market.

17.   But state revenues soared, thanks to the booming financial markets, and over the ensuing two years the governor increased spending.

18.   Combine that with booming overseas markets, and stocks may actually be undervalued, said Robert Hormats, vice chairman at Goldman Sachs International.

19.   Consider the booming Linux market.

20.   Credit the booming market to a strong economy, low interest rates and consumers brimming with the kind of confidence that comes from increased purchasing power.