1.   Automakers were forced to discount cars by thousands of dollars to sell bulging inventories.

2.   A key gauge of U.S. manufacturing grew at a slower rate in August as factories contended with bulging inventories and the strike against United Parcel Service of America Inc.

3.   Car manufacturers in February called back only part of the workers laid off in January because of poor vehicle sales and bulging inventories.

4.   Makers of everything from automobiles to steel struggled to reduce bulging inventories of goods as both exports and domestic sales fell off, the report said.

5.   The company now confronts bulging inventory and growing overproduction with no quick fix in sight.

6.   The expectations of a weak second quarter depended on factories producing less because of bulging inventories.

7.   The slowdown in growth was tied to declines in orders and production tied to bulging inventories and the effects of a strike against United Parcel Service of America Inc.

8.   There were signs that industries have made progress in trimming bulging inventories.