1.   Chrysler cited excess inventories, which reflect sluggish sales.

2.   Dumping of excess inventory by some manufacturers has exacerbated the problem.

3.   Among stocks that fell, disk-drive makers posted the largest declines amid concern about excess inventory and falling prices for high-end disk drives.

4.   Amazon attributed the increase in quarterly loss to excess inventory, especially toys and electronics, that it would have to mark down and sell at a loss.

5.   And because productivity growth is holding up, he said, companies should be able to work off their excess inventories quickly and allow the economy to rebound quickly.

6.   Apple also indicated it would take additional charges in the current quarter to cover its ongoing reorganization, as well as write-downs on excess inventory.

7.   At the same time, it warned that excess inventories of denim will continue to hurt earnings in the second half of the year.

8.   Automakers have saved billions of dollars over the years by not having excess inventory.

9.   Barreros has sold excess inventory on eBay and scoured government purchasing sites.

10.   Benhamou said Palm had worked off much of its excess inventory and was nearing completion of its restructuring.