71. At the same time, U.S. manufacturers could feel pressure from Japanese efforts to remain competitive -- such as cutting prices or allowing further depreciation in the yen. 72. ATLANTA - Retailers that started cutting prices early in the holiday season may be forced to slash them even more to lure cautious shoppers. 73. Automakers seeking quick financial improvement have relied for decades on asking suppliers to cut their prices. 74. At the same time, it cut prices and increased the standard disk drive size on its commercial desktop PCs. 75. At the time, it said sales volume had declined because its main competitor, Brother Industries Ltd., cut prices on many of its models to slash inventory. 76. Barilla is also cutting the prices of its other bakery and biscuit products. 77. Auto manufacturers also understand cutting prices is the best way to attract business, especially with the stronger dollar making foreign models more affordable than earlier in the decade. 78. Because no new plants have been built, the existing generators have little incentive to cut wholesale prices. 79. Big buying groups like health maintenance organizations now force distributors to cut their prices. |