1.   Generally, this is a period of rising consumer demand, rising investment demand, expanding output levels and a falling rate of unemployment.

2.   A drop in production would come as the National Weather Service predicts colder-than-normal weather for early next week, signaling rising demand for heating fuels.

3.   After the season, they traded Marquis Grissom and Larry Walker because of rising salary demands.

4.   But negotiations have faltered, while rising global demand, limited supplies and, in the United States, a long, cold winter helped propel oil prices higher.

5.   Cattle rose for a fourth day amid expectations for rising beef demand.

6.   Crude oil could rise in the days ahead as refiners finish their seasonal maintenance programs and prepare for rising gasoline demand.

7.   Few analysts expected the cut amid expectations of rising consumer demand in the second half of this year that could lead to accelerating inflation.

8.   Few analysts had expected the cut, amid expectations of rising consumer demand in the second half of this year that could lead to accelerating inflation.

9.   Hog prices were little changed as an increase in the number of animals brought to market was met by rising consumer demand.

10.   In CHICAGO, cattle futures rose for a fourth day amid expectations for rising beef demand.