11.   Like other newspaper publishers, the Times has been cutting staff and making other cost reductions as it copes with a steep downturn in advertising.

12.   The company also said it anticipates aluminum sales to aircraft makers to fall sharply as the aerospace industry braces for a steep downturn.

13.   The deal marks the second purchase for Cisco in less than a month after a long drought that coincided with a steep downturn in the communications industry.

14.   Wall Street is now coping with a steep downturn.