21.   Automakers and other manufacturers have watched their inventories rise since then and are likely to cut production in the autumn, economists said.

22.   Automakers, steelmakers and machine manufacturers were all expected to cut production in November.

23.   Because of lower sales, however, Chrysler would have had to cut production by that much even without a strike, Fricke said.

24.   Benetton cut production and personnel costs, said a company spokeswoman, and used the savings to pay off debt.

25.   A buildup in inventories earlier this year suggested that manufacturers were slow to cut production as consumer demand slackened.

26.   A much larger-than-expected drop in gasoline inventories in the United States and reports that Russia would also cut production also contributed to the rise.

27.   A handful of U.S. refiners said yesterday that they cut production.

28.   A Samsung Electronics spokeswoman said chipmakers cut production usually by delaying production expansion rather than outright idling of existing lines.

29.   A terrible drought also has cut poppy production.

30.   Alex Trotman, Ford chairman and chief executive, said the company could cut production by temporarily shutting or slowing down some assembly lines.