1.   Analysts, owners, managers and customers of luxury-goods stores did say that business had been slumping a bit all year because of the Asian crisis.

2.   Business is sharply slumping as some customers fail to pay their bills.

3.   Its paging business is slumping, but Motorola is a leader in cable modems and chips supplied to networking companies like Cisco Systems.

4.   Its mainstay audio and video hardware business has slumped amid a worldwide recession and falling prices.

5.   Still, core businesses have slumped so far this month, with relatively few companies issuing new bonds or stock, said John Cecil, chief financial officer.

6.   Both companies said they were surprised at how quickly their business had slumped, blaming deteriorating economic conditions.

7.   But it struggled in recent years to adapt to the rising popularity of digital cameras as its core instant film business slumped.

8.   But in recent years it struggled to adapt to the rising popularity of digital cameras as its instant film business slumped.

9.   Since the slide, two families evacuated, business has slumped and thousands of commuters have been detoured.