1.   Also, some customers delayed purchases after the merger with NEC earlier in the year.

2.   Analysts said investors looking at this may decide to delay bond purchases until interest rates rise.

3.   Analysts said investors looking at this might decide to delay bond purchases until interest rates rise.

4.   And last week, the Rhode Island state health department delayed a purchase by Columbia of a nonprofit hospital, pending a review by the state attorney general.

5.   And they complain of red tape that delays the purchase of up-to-date medical equipment, like the latest mammography machine.

6.   As a result, many are delaying further purchases until later this year, when high-quality supplies from Central America will become available.

7.   Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso urged Brazilians to delay credit purchases after the central bank doubled interest rates to defend the currency from attack.

8.   A delay in obtaining the documentation from the central bank prompted Merrill Lynch to delay its purchase until next week, a Western banker said.

9.   According to Elterman, companies that were preparing to purchase Segue software for client-server testing decided to delay their purchases until they could evaluate Silk as well.

10.   Cadillac figured the strike had prompted many previous owners, who typically buy at the end of the model year, to delay purchases.