21.   Automobile makers have temporarily shut down plants or cut back on shifts to trim inventories as the slowing economy has cut into demand.

22.   Automakers also are temporarily shutting down plants to trim excess inventories.

23.   Automakers, which saw their sales fall last month, also are temporarily shutting down plants to trim excess inventories.

24.   Automakers also are temporarily shutting down plants to trim excess inventories as demand has flagged.

25.   Automakers, which saw their sales fall last month, also are temporarily shutting down plants to trim excess inventories in response to weakening demand.

26.   But the spending was concentrated largely in auto purchasing, as dealers offered discounts to trim inventories.

27.   Car makers have temporarily shut down plants, discounted vehicles and laid off workers to trim inventories.

28.   Car-makers have been particularly hard hit by the economic slowdown, laying off thousands so companies can trim inventories which have piled up because of slumping demand.

29.   Domestic sales by major U.S. automakers have slid for six consecutive months, prompting them to slow production to trim bloated inventories.

30.   Ford and its U.S. rivals are scaling back production to trim vehicle inventories bloated by a domestic sales slowdown.