11.   Declines were stemmed by a rise in auto company stocks.

12.   Declines were stemmed amid hope a strengthening dollar will boost profit growth.

13.   Drug company shares rose, helping stem further declines among larger-company stocks.

14.   Falling U.S. bond yields and expectations that investors will jump in to the market and pick up stocks at relatively bargain prices could help stem the decline.

15.   Home health-care companies have been consolidating at a furious pace to stem price declines and boost efficiencies.

16.   In turn, the home-health-care companies have been consolidating at a furious pace to stem price declines and boost efficiency.

17.   Kodak is looking to buy the Wang division to stem the decline of its microfiche and microfilm unit, they said.

18.   Kodak is seeking to buy the business to stem the decline of its microfiche and microfilm division, analysts said.

19.   Price stability will stem that decline, analysts said.

20.   Retail businesses, trying to stem a decline in profits, also have cut.