21.   Motorola is being hammered by poor performance in its two top businesses, where intense price cutting slashed profits.

22.   Other chipmakers and related companies have said that demand for computer chips is waning and falling prices have cut into profits.

23.   Rising prices can cut profits for Japanese carmakers.

24.   Scrap and recycling businesses around the world are being pushed to the brink of insolvency as declines in base metal and gold prices cut profit margins and reduce sales.

25.   Shares in steelmakers dropped sharply after Nucor Corp. announced a price cut in a major steel product.

26.   Some drug companies, including Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, are already offering discount cards to the elderly, promising to cut prices on medicines they manufacture.

27.   Some analysts in Asia believe that Hyundai will try to increase exports even further and will be forced to cut prices further to do so.

28.   Since then, declining stock prices have cut into trading and commission income at banks across the spectrum.

29.   Still, zinc product makers warned the surging prices may cut into their profit margins and sales.

30.   The annual April price cuts by the Japanese government also impacted sales.