51. Rental agency sales are seldom profitable, because the agencies mainly buy vehicles that are in excess supply and available at deep discounts. 52. Similar warnings from Micron Technology Inc. and LSI Logic Corp. last week led some investors to conclude that chip shares will languish until the excess supply dries up. 53. Similar warnings from Micron Technology Inc. and LSI Logic Corp. last week led some investors to concluded that chip shares will languish until the excess supply dries up. 54. Shares in most paper companies were lower on concern that economic weakness in Southeast Asia will result in excess supply in North America and Europe, dampening prices. 55. Similar warnings from Micron Technology Inc. and LSI Logic Corp. last week led investors to conclude that chip shares will languish until the excess supply dries up. 56. Some building materials companies, such as Georgia-Pacific Corp., will be hurt by excess supplies of oriented strandboard, a substitute for plywood. 57. Some even have excess supplies, which are now being sold back to the market. 58. Some analysts are concerned that the recent boom in production may flood the market with excess supply, causing sales to slump. 59. Stenham warned new paper-making factories being built throughout the industry could exacerbate the excess supply now available. 60. The Conoco contract was the first involving exports of gas from Britain, where excess supplies had led to a collapse in prices for producers. |