61. Then Prince beat out a grounder in the hole at second base, and Butler never slowed from second to home. 62. This reassurance from the central bank was important because there are no significant signs yet that the economy is slowing from its rapid pace of last year. 63. To be sure, processing rates are slowing from past weeks. 64. Trading slowed from the torrid pace of earlier this week. 65. Trading in McDonnell Douglas slowed from the previous week, when it was reported that the company was discussing a merger or asset swap with Boeing. 66. U.S. manufacturing weakened in January as production and new orders slowed from a month earlier, a new report showed today. 67. U.S. soybean prices have weakened since early December as world demand slows from Asia and as expectations rise for a bumper crop in Brazil. 68. U.S. manufacturers said business weakened in January as production and new orders slowed from a month earlier, a new report showed today. 69. U.S. economic growth will probably slow from the brisk pace seen in the first half of this year, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Robert Parry said today. 70. U.S. stocks were mixed as investors expected profits to hold up even as the economy slows from its second-quarter pace. |