11.   Despite the anticipated slowdown in the Malaysian construction sector, Lai said the group has sufficient jobs in hand for the next two to three years.

12.   HABIB Corp Bhd, a leading jewellery-based company, will focus on export sales to compensate for the anticipated slowdown in local sales.

13.   On its prospects, he said the company was confident of its medium and long term outlook despite the anticipated slowdown in the construction industry.

14.   Other retail stocks also paid a price for an anticipated economic slowdown.

15.   Retail stocks were paying a price for an anticipated economic slowdown.

16.   The anticipated sharp slowdown in the construction and property sectors is another concern which heavily depressed the recent performance of construction and property stocks.

17.   The forecasters believe much of the anticipated economic slowdown will be based in interest-sensitive sectors, such as automobile sales, capital spending and housing.

18.   Scheuble attributed the anticipated slowdown to overall economic climate and potential generic competition in the US to its main drug, the diabetes treatment Glucophage.

19.   The airline said the result confirmed earlier forecasts that profits would be maintained by aggressive cost cutting to offset the anticipated slowdown in the rate of revenue growth.