11.   Interamerican President Diego Cisneros said the alliance is important because of growing power demand in the country, as well as the potential for future electricity shortages.

12.   Lower jewelry demand in the U.S., Japan and Europe was offset in part by growing investment demand.

13.   Now there are growing demands for the former president to return to face corruption charges.

14.   The company is riding a surge of orders for sawed wood as Russian furniture makers and construction companies respond to growing consumer demand.

15.   The combination of growing oil demand in a booming world economy and a strengthened OPEC spells trouble for the US, which imports half its oil.

16.   There is growing demand for banking services that incorporate insurance elements, the companies said, and insurance products that combine investment elements, the companies said..

17.   They are also responding to growing consumer demand for a fuller range of funds within individual firms.

18.   U.S. stocks fell for a second day as analysts grew concerned demand for semiconductors may not be strong enough to fuel robust gains in computer chip stocks.

19.   Utility companies, meanwhile, opted to purchase electricity from outside of the state rather than build new power plants to keep up with growing demand.