51.   Like its Japanese rivals, Fujitsu has been hit by the global downturn in the demand for chips and other electronics products.

52.   Many Japanese companies are either planning or carrying out drastic restructuring amid the global downturn in demand for electronics and other high-tech products.

53.   Mexico, once a usual suspect when economies turn bad south of the border, is weathering the recent global downturn with relative stability.

54.   NEC blamed the closure of the semiconductor plant in Livingston, West Lothian on a global downturn in demand for mobile phone-related systems.

55.   Production and exports have been falling steadily in this nation, where corporate earnings are hurt by the global economic downturn.

56.   Tackling the problem has taken on a greater urgency because the global economic downturn has only allowed the illicit trade to flourish, she said.

57.   The buyers did not seem worried by the global economic downturn and the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the United States, Mok said.

58.   The advertising accounts manager became one of thousands of recent victims in Singapore of the global economic downturn.

59.   The figures showed that the Philippine economy was one of the best performing economies in Asia, despite a global downturn that hit several of its richer neighbors.

60.   The global downturn in demand for electronics and other technology products has prompted job cuts as production stalls and exports shrink.