1.   And even if corporate inventories are growing, they remain slimmer than in the past, and companies will need less time to empty their warehouses.

2.   Asked how long the inventories had been growing, a spokesman said the old levels were traditional, although they seem to have varied widely within the Coke empire.

3.   As the inventory of antidotes grows, so does the challenge of managing a stockpile that contains everything from sterile bandages to drugs for Bubonic plague.

4.   Coffee fell amid expectations that an industry report later today will show that U.S. inventories are growing at a time of slow demand from roasters and consumers.

5.   Crude oil inventories are growing faster than expected and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is expected to boost oil production next month.

6.   Crude oil inventories are growing faster than expected and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is likely to boost oil production next month under revised quotas.

7.   Farm inventories also grew at a faster pace.

8.   Housing secretaries like to measure their progress by the extent to which the subsidized inventory grows.

9.   In a report released today, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond said manufacturing in the Mid-Atlantic states showed little change in June while inventories grew.

10.   Inventories are growing while sales are slowing, and insiders have been selling shares.