We also expected much better performance from Blu-ray and had purchased to a higher level of demand.

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Consumption of wheat, rice and maize roughly tracks population growth but at a higher level, so demand for them will add about a billion tonnes to the 2 billion produced in 2005-07.

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However, if there was a spike in demand, those companies would start hiring as soon as the level of demand was higher than their ability to meet it.

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Americans are living longer and now demand a higher level of care that includes cutting-edge drugs and the latest technologies.

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Does this increased level of capital spending by businesses represent an anticipation of higher consumption demand?

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July 20th the market held the 50% retracement level proving demand for stocks and giving us the first higher low.

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That likely reduces the inventory of the lowest award level, especially now when fares are high, airline capacity is down and demand for award seats is higher.

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About five years ago, Rackspace introduced a higher level of service, Intensive Proactive Managed Support, with more outsourced IT functionality an alternative to its basic Managed Online Demand hosting service.

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