31.   EMI and other music companies are seeing slower sales after double-digit growth earlier in the decade.

32.   Exports of automobiles, semiconductors and fiber optic machinery, particularly to the U.S. and Europe, rose in August to offset slower sales at home.

33.   Exports remain strong, however, as automobile, machine and electronics makers boosted exports to offset slower sales at home.

34.   Exports to the U.S. and Europe rose as automakers and other assemblers continue to depend on overseas shipments to offset slower sales at home.

35.   Even exports, which producers depended on to offset slower sales at home, have narrowed.

36.   Fewer new computers mean slower sales for Windows.

37.   First, it has raised prices on its new books, resulting in slower sales.

38.   Gains from those newer models could be offset by slower sales from minivans and Neon, Cirrus and Stratus cars.

39.   Hercules, a maker of specialty chemicals, fell amid slower sales due to currency changes and slower growth of sales, analysts said.

40.   Home Depot is trying several cost-cutting initiatives to offset slower sales.