41.   Earlier this year, PC maker sales slowed because of slack demand from corporate customers and price wars that hurt profit margins.

42.   Economists expect housing sales to slow, eventually, in line with the overall economy.

43.   EMC said that sales have already slowed to dot-com ventures and other companies having trouble raising capital.

44.   Even as businesses were expecting a rebound in demand in September, retail sales slowed that month.

45.   Economists expect sales to slow later, but Ford slightly raised its estimates for the year as a result of the strong sales.

46.   Expectations that new bond sales will slow for the remainder of the year helped tax-exempt securities do better than benchmark Treasury securities, which declined in price.

47.   Expectations that new bond sales will slow for the remainder of the year helped tax-exempt securities do better than benchmark Treasury securities, which were little changed.

48.   Ford previously has turned to costly incentives and advertising to bolster the Taurus when sales have slowed, analysts said.

49.   For two weeks now, retail sales have slowed at the six large, national retail chains interviewed by ISI.

50.   Growth in U.S. retail sales slowed in August and inflation at the wholesale level remained practically invisible, a combination investors judged to be just right.