31.   To reduce inventories, companies are laying off workers, reducing shifts to curb production and deeply discounting merchandise.

32.   To work off inventories, companies are, among other things, laying off workers and reducing shifts to curb production and are marking down merchandise, economists said.

33.   To trim inventories and bring them more in line with demand, companies are laying off workers, reducing shifts to curb production and marking down merchandise.

34.   To work off inventories and bring them more in line with demand, companies are laying off workers, reducing shifts to curb production and deeply discounting merchandise.

35.   Peru is capitalizing on current ecological trends in Southeast Asia that have curbed the production of such products there, Miu said.

36.   Russia and the United States have signed two bilateral agreements aimed at curbing the production of chemical weapons and reducing existing stockpiles.