41.   The company also indicated memory prices have been falling.

42.   The company is betting that the lower memory prices will help spur buying.

43.   The steep drop in memory prices is widely believed to reflect excess inventories at PC manufacturers, created by the drop in demand.

44.   The U.S. book-to-bill ratio was dragged down by falling memory chip prices and bloated inventories in the fourth quarter, analyst said.

45.   Weak revenue growth and the decline in memory prices overshadowed the surge in earnings, leaving investors and analysts disappointed and driving down Texas Instruments shares.

46.   While memory chip prices usually fall quickly, a shortage kept prices high at a time when Micron was one of the few suppliers.

47.   While memory prices plummeted, chip stock prices have floundered.

48.   Wholesale memory chip prices have leveled off recently.

49.   While memory prices had been expected to fall, the drop came faster than expected and hurt companies such as Texas Instruments Inc. and Micron Technology Inc.

50.   Yet even in the high-tech industry, declines in memory chip prices took their toll on Taiwan businesses.