101.   After decades of devotion to sales and size, mounting losses and an economic slowdown are forcing a dramatic turnaround in the business model of Korea Inc.

102.   Administration officials insist that the economic slowdown and the war on terror, not the tax cut, are responsible for the red ink.

103.   After decades of devotion to sales and size, mounting losses and an economic slowdown are forcing Korean firms to take steps to cut costs and streamline operations.

104.   Airlines such as Easyjet have been taking away both economy and business travelers from full service carriers as economic slowdown bites into corporate and personal budgets.

105.   All other times, economic slowdowns routinely became a precursor to recession.

106.   All economic slowdowns are not created equal, and some economists believe the characteristics of the current one are more worrisome than equity investors seem to think.

107.   All in all, some analysts say the retail sales report is an early indicator the expected second-half economic slowdown is beginning.

108.   Also, economists note that an economic slowdown is precisely what the Fed intended when it began reducing interest rates last year when growth was accelerating.

109.   All those interest rate increases last year, though, helped to cause an economic slowdown this year.

110.   Brazil is gearing up for some sacrifices that include an economic slowdown, however.