11.   Also out today was the news that residential property sales growth slowed in the first-half.

12.   Also, a report yesterday showed the pace of manufacturing growth slowed in June.

13.   Also, manufacturers based in the Southeastern U.S. said their nationwide business slowed in May, according to a monthly survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

14.   Although magazine advertising in general is believed to have slowed in recent months, the picture for Talk has been even less rosy.

15.   Although the prospects for cost-cutting are slowing in managed care, the reform of medical treatments appears to be quickening.

16.   Although the sales growth rate has slowed in the past four years, the enthusiasm of shareholders for the company did not seem to have dimmed.

17.   American manufacturing slowed in May for the first time in almost two years, the latest sign the economy is slowing.

18.   Analysts said growth probably slowed in the second quarter from a year ago.

19.   Analysts said that auto sales broadly slowed in December.

20.   Analysts said profit growth slowed in the second quarter as consumer spending was flat, in part because a drought hurt rural incomes.