1.   And it is what has kept them in the market and, indeed, helped reverse earlier slumps.

2.   A two-week march to record highs for the U.S. stock market helped reverse a slump in investor optimism last week.

3.   But Stottlemyre has a different sort of challenge now with Irabu, who must make midseason adjustments to reverse his slump.

4.   Oil prices reversed a slump this week that reflected continued skepticism over whether OPEC producers could make good on production cuts announced last week.

5.   Reversing the slump and helping lenders would require a rate cut.

6.   SERVICE SECTOR SHOWS A REBOUND Business at service companies expanded unexpectedly in November, reversing a slump that came after the September attacks.

7.   The decline has prompted local officials to consider strategies to reverse the slump.

8.   Chinese sports officials said they hoped to do something to reverse the slump.

9.   Yeltsin said he and his ministers would also discuss ways to reverse the slump in investments in Russian financial markets.

10.   Yeltsin said he and his ministers will discuss ways Monday to reverse the slump in investments in Russian financial markets.