1.   American manufacturers said business in December slowed for the seventh time in eight months as sluggish consumer spending kept inventory high.

2.   American manufacturers said business slowed for the sixth time in seven months in November, as sluggish consumer spending keeps company inventories high.

3.   At the same time, growth in the pulp and paper industry could be dampened this year because of high inventories.

4.   Bombardier said a drop in U.S. sales in June and July left it with high inventories for the next season.

5.   Bombardier said a drop in U.S. sales in June and July left it with high inventory for the next season.

6.   But these discounts led to thinner margins as retailers attempted to reduce high inventory levels.

7.   Company officials said sales by dealers outside Japan reached a record, but some of those sales came from high inventories that the dealers had accumulated the previous year.

8.   Demand, which has been higher than average, is returning to more normal levels as dealers and users clear out high inventories of steel, it said.

9.   Disagreements over timely delivery of the top-selling stents led to unusally high inventories which Boston Scientific had to be write off.

10.   Factory employment continues to suffer because manufacturers still have not finished working off high inventories that accumulated as the economy was slowing earlier in the year, Dederick said.