1.   Companies with competing operating system software, like Novell, said this practice chilled the market for their products.

2.   Litigation and unfavorable publicity also have chilled the market for the database.

3.   Rivals said this practice had chilled the market for competing software.

4.   The announcement unnerved the foreign partners in all these companies, and temporarily chilled the market.

5.   The Realtors cited rising interest rates as one culprit - the first time in years rates have chilled the market.

6.   The announcement last Friday of spectacularly good US employment figures immediately chilled markets on fears that the US economy might overheat and inflation might gain new strength.