Covello observes that both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices have record inventory, while Intel is gearing up to add new capacity.

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While recent reports suggest a softening of prices in the used-car market in the coming months, values of pre-owned models continue to be at record highs, due largely to inventory shortages caused by depressed new-car sales and leasing following the economic collapse in late 2008.

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With the music buying experience evolving by the moment, old-fashioned record stores with leases, staff and high inventory costs (tying up millions in capital), needed a drastic overhaul.

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The outlook for the next six months is also better, said NAHB chief economist David Crowe, thanks to lower inventory of homes available for sale, mortgage rates near record levels and better consumer confidence.

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Joanne Orr, Chair of the UK National Commission for UNESCO in Scotland talks about the World Convention safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) and an initiative to record ICH in Scotland using an online wiki style inventory.

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Companies added to inventory levels at the fastest rate since 1998 (and the second fastest on record).

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With unemployment remaining stubbornly high, a massive inventory of homes stuck in the foreclosure pipeline of many big banks, and gas prices pushed up by record oil and commodity prices, economists are beginning to revise their economic forecasts and are questioning how much longer the consumer can continue to bear the current environment. (Read Analysts Slash Jobs Forecast Amid Weak Data).

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And this could provide a record number of refunds for small businesses, which will provide them with the lifeline they need to maintain inventory and pay their workers.

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