11.   Such events have given AMD a patina of unreliability that has hampered its sales in the high end of the market.

12.   The Schaumburg, Illinois-based wireless phone and semiconductor maker late yesterday said a slowing U.S. economy hampered cellular phone sales.

13.   The strong results came amid unseasonably cool weather during the week before Easter, which could have hampered holiday sales.

14.   The unusually cool weather that hampered sales in June and July helped make the new lines of fall clothing more appealing to shoppers, retailers said.

15.   Today, Mullarkey declined to provide details today as to what hampered sales in the quarter.

16.   Traders believe the absence of a leader in the Agriculture Department could hamper sales of subsidized crops, particularly wheat.

17.   While its revamped apparel lines are doing well, sales were hampered in part by delivery problems.

18.   But retailers, which have suffered on concerns that a dip in consumer confidence and the slowing economy would hamper holiday sales, were mixed.

19.   However, actual sales were hampered by customer requests for deferred delivery.

20.   Retailers, which have suffered on concerns that a dip in consumer confidence and the slowing economy would hamper holiday sales, were mixed.