81.   Other companies, including Vanguard Group and OppenheimerFunds Inc., said sales probably will slow in May at a similar pace to that experienced by Scudder.

82.   Q. Why have cell phone sales slowed?

83.   Real wage growth is slowing, housing sales have been slowing and installment credit is reaching a level that many economists consider unsustainable.

84.   Rallying stock and bond markets and lower claims from natural disasters will boost fourth-quarter earnings for U.S. insurers, even as policy sales slow.

85.   Reports that sales of PCs slowed at the beginning of this year added to the downward pressure on stocks of personal computer and related hardware companies.

86.   Puget Sound stocks fell during the week as investors dumped shares of Microsoft Corp. amid concern that its sales may slow.

87.   Retailers fell amid signs that sales are slowing.

88.   Rivals like Lucent Technologies and Cisco Systems have repeatedly surprised investors with large job reductions and warnings that sales are slowing.

89.   Retail sales slowed again last week, reflecting the growing weakness in sales of home-related goods, the Johnson Redbook Service said.

90.   Retail sales slowed during the weekend, after a strong start Friday.