1.   Analysts said the most recent round of layoffs is being prompted by a general slowdown in the personal computer industry that has affected both chips and semiconductor equipment.

2.   Besides the writedowns, the company cited a general slowdown in book retailing and costs from the integration of film producer Four Point Entertainment, acquired earlier this year.

3.   After a couple of days you go into a France trance, a general slowdown.

4.   Brown said EDS had benefited from the general slowdown in the economy.

5.   But that has changed as a result of the general economic slowdown.

6.   Company officials blamed transitions to new products and a general economic slowdown in major markets for some of the slowdown.

7.   Despite a general slowdown, the rupiah was strengthening.

8.   Economists at Fannie Mae say a general slowdown in the U.S. economy and a slight rise in borrowing costs will keep a lid on the housing market this year.

9.   Half of that decline was caused by inventory shortages because of the strike, and he attributes the rest to a general sales slowdown that started last fall.

10.   He attributed the decline to a general slowdown for hard goods.