1.   But when economic growth slowed and fiscal crisis hit, the equation changed.

2.   Income growth then will slow, companies will have less cash to buy back their stock and some will face financial difficulty.

3.   The prospect of still higher unemployment as growth slows is prompting movement on the union side.

4.   True, real growth has been slowing.

5.   Many software and hardware companies enjoyed rapid expansion before the bubble burst and market growth slowed.

6.   Economic growth is already slowing fast.

7.   Although most economists expect economic growth simply to slow this year, some strategists wonder whether stocks are signaling a recession.

8.   Also out today was the news that residential property sales growth slowed in the first-half.

9.   America Online has seen this growth slow recently as the company experienced more competition from the Internet and rivals such as Microsoft Corp.