21.   Analysts say the industry was able to mitigate its usual summer slowdown because of falling prices and increasing demand for multimedia machines.

22.   Analysts think it is certain to rise, as falling prices and weak demand forces companies to cut unproductive workers.

23.   An OPEC committee is meeting in Vienna this week about the falling prices, but the committee cannot change quotas.

24.   Analyst Rob Stern of Smith Barney said equipment makers feel the impact of falling prices after chipmakers.

25.   Analysts questioned how the company will finance the expansion in light of its falling stock prices.

26.   Analysts said falling stock prices could cause spending to weaken further in the months ahead.

27.   And auto manufacturers, who get just modest gains from the falling price of steel, will have a little more margin to play with.

28.   Analysts at the time noted subprime lenders were hurt by falling prices for loans, as competition among wholesale lenders increased.

29.   Analysts expect the low prices to entice more buyers and mitigate the declining revenue IBM is seeing for its mainframes because of falling prices.

30.   Analysts said Syquest was caught between falling prices for its products, intensive competition from rival Iomega, and softness in the personal computer market earlier this year.