31.   OECD Chief Economist Kumiharu Shigehara suggested the growth forecast will be lowered again.

32.   Other brokerages have lowered their forecasts as well.

33.   Perriss said he lowered his forecast because of the Southeast Asian economic crisis.

34.   Sliding profits means slower growth next year, and that has economists lowering their forecasts for next year.

35.   Soybean futures are expected to rise if the U.S. Department of Agriculture lowers the forecast for U.S. soybean reserves in its crop production report before trading Monday.

36.   Taiwan Semiconductor joins several other Taiwan semiconductor companies in lowering profit forecasts.

37.   The commission last month revised lower its forecast for gross domestic product growth among nations with strong currencies such as Germany.

38.   The chipmaking equipment maker followed the slump in technology stocks led by network equipment maker Ascend Communications Inc., for whom analysts lowered their forecasts.

39.   The company said analysts had recently lowered their forecasts for the quarter, but the results would be below those reduced expectations.

40.   The dollar rallied against the deutsche mark after German research institutes lowered their forecasts for German economic growth this year and predicted a weaker mark.