31.   Layoffs have slowed from last year, said Adolfson.

32.   Magellan had some redemptions in February, though levels of net outflows slowed from January, said Robyn Tice, a Fidelity spokeswoman.

33.   Most analysts expect profit growth to slow from historically high rates of the past couple years anyway.

34.   Most observers agree the economy needs to slow from its breakneck pace of growth.

35.   Much of that drop came from a selloff prompted by fourth-quarter revenue growth that slowed from historically high levels.

36.   Nationwide, U.S. manufacturing weakened last month as production and new orders slowed from a month earlier.

37.   Most analysts expect no change in borrowing costs following the Federal Open Market Committee session because the economy has slowed from earlier in the year.

38.   Nationwide, manufacturing weakened last month as production and new orders slowed from a month earlier.

39.   Overall, sales last month seemed to have slowed from the torrid pace set in March.

40.   Profit growth is expected to slow from increased competition in mobile phones, and reduced revenue from international phone calls, he said.