1.  Also driving electricity prices higher today was the continued shutdown of a nuclear reactor in California, which reduced supply, Crowley said.

2.  Because fewer cattle than expected entered feedlots in December, meatpackers will have to pay more for the reduced supplies when the cattle mature, analysts said.

3.  -- Urban water shortages could become commonplace due to reduced supplies from reservoirs.

4.  A reduced supply of agave could also have a significant effect on the hundreds of new investors who have entered the market during the last few years.

5.  According to some analysts, the reduced supply of government securities will help bonds, with investors buying on favorable data or optimistic comments from Fed officials.

6.  But if cattle owners cut their herds, the prices eventually will go back up because of the reduced supply, meaning higher prices at the consumer level.

7.  GASOLINE PRICES JUMP Gasoline prices surged after Exxon said a Texas refinery unit remained closed, meaning another week of reduced supplies.

8.  Gas lines would not develop again in the United States, officials say, because prices would rise until demand adjusted itself to reduced supply.

9.  Logically, increased demand and reduced supply should lead to higher prices.

10.  Many analysts predict the cattle market has turned around in anticipation of reduced supplies next year.