1.   A takeover made while business is booming means companies have time to restructure and possibly cut jobs before earnings declines force their hand.

2.   FAA officials deny that a safety problem exists, but they acknowledge that the decline has forced the agency to spend more than it should on overtime pay.

3.   In the end, the economic slowdown and stock market declines would force the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.

4.   Mutual fund executives, almost unanimously, said Wednesday that an extended stock market decline would not force them to make cutbacks.

5.   The declines are forcing mining companies to scour their operations for cost savings and writeoffs.

6.   The price decline forced U.S. memory-chip maker Micron Technology Inc. to halt construction of a Lehi, Utah, plant.

7.   But when a decline in business taxes forced a reassessment of the tax system, Sundquist said he found it unfair and regressive.

8.   The decline has forced the Philippines to push up short-term interest rates, which dampen speculation but in turn increase the cost of capital and threaten business expansion.

9.   The decline has forced the Philippines to push up short-term interest rates, dampening speculation and increasing the cost of capital for business expansion.

10.   The price decline forced Khumalo to bring in additional investors with divergent objectives.