1.   Although inventories increased in November, analysts said wholesalers probably started to reduce inventories heading into the new year.

2.   Although inventories increased in November, analysts also said wholesalers probably started to reduce inventories heading into the new year.

3.   An increase of that size would boost U.S. corn consumption from the livestock industry beyond government forecasts and reduce inventories, traders said.

4.   An increase of that size would raise U.S. corn consumption from the livestock industry beyond government forecasts and reduce inventories, traders said.

5.   And industry has reduced inventories, which means even a modest rebound in demand will trigger more capital spending.

6.   Anderson said that some of the shortfall in revenue would come from offering promotions and cutting prices to increase sales and reduce inventory.

7.   As he had in Seattle, Greenspan welcomed the decision by companies to cut production to reduce inventories.

8.   At home, manufacturers are cutting production to reduce inventories they built up this summer when they misgauged the impact of the increase in the consumption tax.

9.   Automakers use incentives to protect their market share and reduce inventories left over from too-rosy projections earlier this year.

10.   Because businesses can monitor demand for their products minute by minute, they can adjust their own output almost instantaneously to reduce inventories of unsold goods and unused supplies.