31.   Petroleum prices were buoyed during the quarter by forecasts of increased demand and tight supplies, analysts said.

32.   Prices have been buoyed by expectations that the consolidation sweeping the industry has made most securities firms takeover candidates.

33.   Prices were buoyed by the bet that benchmark one-month interest rates would fall for the third week.

34.   Prices have been buoyed by the narrowing gap between consumer demand and gasoline supply.

35.   Prices were briefly buoyed in the morning by a government report that showed an unexpected drop in orders for durable goods in October.

36.   Prices were buoyed in recent weeks by expectations of tight supplies.

37.   Recent efforts to revive the quota-driven retention schemes may buoy prices, but will do little to help prevent imports.

38.   Prospects for a Christmas surge in sales has helped buoy gold prices, after dropping as U.S. stock indexes rose to record highs and the bond market surged.

39.   Since last Wednesday, better-than-expected earnings from International Business Machines Corp., Caterpillar, Chrysler Corp. and other leading companies had buoyed stock prices.

40.   Speculation that the government will try lifting the yen to buoy share prices hurt the dollar today.