1.   But the two Nasdaq indexes have been under unrelenting pressure recently with technology stocks facing their worst downturn since July.

2.   In the face of the worst advertising downturn in recent history, marketers are being particularly careful about how they spend their advertising dollars.

3.   It would be difficult to do so and be taken seriously with Japan mired in its worst downturn since it became a global economic power.

4.   Japan remained stuck in the worst downturn since the war and shoppers were deserting these insanely expensive stores for the discounters that had mushroomed across Japan.

5.   NEW YORK - A rally late Monday lifted blue-chip stocks out of their worst downturn of the year.

6.   On the economic side, Massachusetts has come back from the worst downturn since the Great Depression.

7.   Still, Tung acknowledged that no degree of stimulus would pull Hong Kong out of what is fast becoming its worst downturn since World War II.

8.   The deteriorating job market has plunged the industry into its worst downturn in two decades.

9.   The deal is the first proposed airline merger since the September terrorist attacks sent the industry into its worst downturn in history.

10.   The economy was mired in what some analysts termed the worst downturn since the Great Depression.