21.   Auto inventories were above desired levels.

22.   Back inventory is also a problem.

23.   Because their perishable inventory was often worthless at repossession time, he figured they could use help chasing down deadbeats.

24.   Beans will be shipped to the U.S., boosting supplies, at a time when roaster inventories are low.

25.   A drop in refinery output likely would boost prices, since U.S. inventories are running leaner than last year.

26.   A reduction in coffee exports from Colombia would come at a time when U.S. inventories already are low.

27.   A surge in apparent demand last week may even reflect shipments of heating oil to Europe, Knight said, where inventories are also low and prices are surging.

28.   A smaller increase in stocks would exacerbate concern that inventories are low.

29.   Also in the court papers was an inventory of items seized as evidence.

30.   All that Christmas inventory is like a ticking time bomb in the pockets of retailers.