41.   Low inventory levels may help stores keep from cutting prices too much, but shoppers apparently will still keep sniffing for bargains.

42.   Manufacturers have taken the biggest hit during the economic slowdown, laying off more than a million workers and cutting prices and inventories.

43.   McVicar at NatWest Securities said Eurotunnel was able to boost its market share on the Calais-Dover freight link by cutting prices last May.

44.   Merchandisers live and die by cutting prices, and consumers are ever eager to chase a bargain.

45.   Netscape said it already has moved to counter Microsoft by cutting prices in half on its servers two months ago.

46.   Nor could Intelsat quickly cut prices in regions where it faced competition without cutting prices to all its members.

47.   Phone companies are preparing for increased competition in local markets by cutting prices and offering packages of services, the paper said.

48.   Profit growth will slow as soft-drink companies and beermakers compete for customers by cutting prices to boost sales.

49.   Profit margins are dropping and competitors are cutting prices aggressively.

50.   Presumably, manufacturers kept their promises by cutting prices on other products that faced heavy competition.