11.   Seagram fell after the company warned brokerage analysts in New York yesterday it expects slower earnings growth in its liquor business.

12.   She suggested in a research note that the stock price currently reflects expectations for slower earnings growth.

13.   Since then, fear of slower earnings growth has been intensified by the tightening labor market, which some believe must lead to wage inflation.

14.   Slower earnings growth will be less of a problem, too, since investors will compare any increase with the decline in bond yields.

15.   Slower earnings notwithstanding, some observers say the sell-off seen in these stocks over the past week has been overdone.

16.   Slower earnings are a sign that economy is progressing at a pace that keeps inflation at bay.

17.   Stocks fell on expectations of slower earnings growth, led by drug and computer shares.

18.   Talk of slower earnings growth has been bubbling for a while.

19.   That means slower earnings growth and, in some cases, lower dividends.

20.   The Internet software maker warned again of slower earnings growth as it battles Microsoft Corp. in the corporate market.