61.   The global downturn that has worsened after the terrorist attacks has forced Japanese companies to trim investments and announce job cuts.

62.   The decrease is primarily the result in falling international oil prices and the global economic downturn.

63.   The global downturn in demand for electronics and other technology products has prompted job cuts here as production stalls and exports shrink.

64.   The global downturn has hurt Japanese exports and corporate earnings.

65.   The global downturn is making matters worse because Japan has long relied on exports as its engine for growth.

66.   The pair have also suffered, like many other long-haul carriers, from the global economic downturn.

67.   The plummet in share prices is perilous, bringing new dangers to an export-reliant economy already hit hard by the recent global downturn.

68.   The spate of bank failures, currency devaluations and stock market plunges in Asia has provoked gloomy predictions of a global economic downturn.

69.   They argued the existing plan did not reflect the proper value of the companies amid a global economic downturn.

70.   Germany has been hit harder than its European partners by the global downturn.