31.   Wall Street reacted negatively to the news, as well as to continuing worries about volume growth at both Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

32.   Volume growth is key to stock price appreciation, analysts said.

33.   Analysts say strong volume growth in exports of rice and other commodities has been offset by decreases in global market prices.

34.   Generally in North America, the company said it had strong volume growth in detergents and most food operations.

35.   He said traffic volume growth, higher toll fare and interest income were the main components of earnings growth.

36.   It also warned of slower product volume growth due to its acquisition of Pillsbury.

37.   Novartis attributed the improvement to higher productivity and high volume growth in the health care division, its largest.

38.   The company has pinned much of its business turnaround on restoring volume growth, especially in North America.

39.   The biggest challenges of data warehousing are the constantly changingbusiness requirements, exponential data volume growth and support andadministration resources.

40.   The privately held company credited the growing U.S. economy, combined with volume growth and higher rates, for the quarterly increase.