41.   Demand for electricity rises beginning March as offices and homes turn up air conditioners to cope with the heat.

42.   Electricity demand has risen sharply in recent years, driving up prices and straining the system.

43.   Freshwater eels were always popular with Italian immigrants, and recently demand has risen because of Chinese newcomers, Bob Seaman said.

44.   Gas demand rises during the winter when heating requirements are higher, and again during the summer when air-cooling demand forces utilities to burn more natural gas.

45.   How it will respond if the energy crisis lasts into the spring and summer, when demand normally rises, remains unclear.

46.   In CHICAGO, soybean futures were steady as a report confirmed expectations that domestic demand rose last month as processors took advantage of lower prices.

47.   In December, the Houston-based company said it planned to sell all its Qatari gas in India, where demand is rising fast.

48.   In addition, demand is rising toward its seasonal peak in December and large shipments have yet to begin from the new crops in Central America and Mexico.

49.   In NEW YORK, orange juice futures rose for a second day on expectations that retail demand will rise.

50.   In NEW YORK, copper futures rose after reports of a jump in German car production suggested that European demand is rising.