21.   Cattle futures slipped as a drop in meatpacker demand offset expectations that retail demand will rise once a severe blizzard ends in the Eastern U.S.

22.   Cattle prices rose amid expectations that beef demand is rising.

23.   Charities are willing to help, but many agencies say the demand is rising faster than they can respond.

24.   Computer stocks have rallied on signs that demand will rise in the second half, boosting profits despite a round of price-cutting in the industry.

25.   Consumer demand for lead rises in the third quarter when battery manufacturers buy the metal ahead of the winter.

26.   Consumer demand also is rising.

27.   Copper demand usually rises in the spring as manufacturing and housing construction picks up.

28.   Demand for electricity rose during a colder than normal winter and PowerGen increased wholesale purchases to big electricity users.

29.   Demand is rising for Chemopetrol after the government decided it may not include shares of chemical company Spolana in a new petrochemical holding company, Unipetrol.

30.   Demand is rising, and oil and gas reserves will have to be added to meet demand.