11.   Automakers have been making heavy use of incentives, and both GM and DaimlerChrysler have cut back production of some models in anticipation of slower sales later this winter.

12.   Automobile, machine and electronics makers have relied on exports to offset the slower sales at home.

13.   Besides the effect of competition and Asian economic turmoil, it also was hurt by slower sales and pressure on prices for its enterprise software.

14.   A month ago, Dell Computer Corp. stunned the industry with warnings of slower sales.

15.   A warning of slower sales took a chunk out of Cognos Inc., a maker of database-management software.

16.   Also hurting third-quarter earnings are slower sales of large outdoor play equipment, Rubbermaid said.

17.   But continued soft worldwide demand for computers means slower sales of IBM components.

18.   But the main problem in the semiconductor business is slower sales to outside users.

19.   Chain stores report slower sales from September into October, though auto sales remained steady.

20.   Coca-Cola Co., for one, has also warned about slower sales and profits.