21.   Stronger-than-expected demand also is helping prevent a seasonal swell in inventories, Belling said.

22.   Strong overseas demand helped companies offset declining sales at home following a two percent increase in consumption tax increase in April.

23.   That increased demand may help offset lower memory chips prices, which have fallen steadily since mid-March.

24.   Survivors are now benefiting from stable prices and robust demand has helped absorb three years of large crops.

25.   The demand will help companies like LSI Logic sell more chips as they expand their manufacturing capacity.

26.   The demand has helped several funds raise half a billion dollars or more recently.

27.   The demand helped narrow the differences in yields, or yield spreads, between the securities and U.S. Treasury bonds in the past month, traders said.

28.   They also say that even in an improving market, when increased demand helps move properties anyway, sellers are using auctions to maximize their values.

29.   U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said Japan needs stronger domestic demand to help narrow its trade surplus with the U.S.

30.   Unexpectedly strong export demand also helped boost corn futures.