On the other hand, a worldwide glut of wheat is depressing prices for farmers in this country.

The worldwide glut of wine has become so huge that for the first time in history, France is distilling some of its higher-rated wines into fuel.

"There is a worldwide glut of oil against a backdrop of weak demand."

The price was $28 a barrel two years ago before collapsing to $7 because of a worldwide glut.

Mr. Liedtke suggested that those acquisitions could come in the oil industry, where a worldwide glut has sent the prices of reserves down.

Not a single Illy bean comes from Vietnam, whose surging production of cheap robusta coffee has led to a worldwide glut in the last decade.

They know government subsidies in other countries are causing a worldwide glut of farm products and a shrinking market for American goods.

They said the Emirates and Kuwait would not cut their output even though their overproduction has been blamed for the worldwide glut.

Suddenly there is a worldwide glut of gas.

The actual price has been as low as $16.25 a barrel recently because of a worldwide glut.