1.   An expected slowdown in demand growth for the metal because of the recent currency crisis in southeast Asia will only be temporary, he said.

2.   Argentine subsidiaries of Fiat SpA and Volkswagen AG joined Ford Motor Co. in announcing production cutbacks due to an expected slowdown in exports to Brazil.

3.   As a result of an expected economic slowdown this year, tax revenue will fall and the government is also now in the process of cutting its spending plans.

4.   Australian shares were mixed as investors try to gauge how much corporate profits will be affected by the expected economic slowdown, traders said.

5.   A widely expected slowdown failed to materialize.

6.   But some companies that seem likely to be directly affected by a widely expected slowdown in tourism and air travel continued to fall.

7.   Chilean stocks reached a seven-week low on concern that an expected economic slowdown in Asia will reduce Chilean commodities exports there.

8.   Chilean stocks reached their lowest level since January on concern that an expected economic slowdown in Asia will reduce Chilean commodities exports there.

9.   Consumer stocks also took a hit on a expected slowdown of Mexican economic growth because of lower government spending.

10.   He cautioned that French companies could be affected by an expected slowdown in Asian growth sparked by a plunge in currencies and soaring interest rates in the region.