1.   Both chains this weekend started a series of national advertisements saying that their combination will help consumers by lowering prices.

2.   But American Airlines said that it had done nothing illegal and that it was simply responding to market forces by lowering prices and increasing flights.

3.   Earlier this year, Ingram decided to maintain its share by lowering prices to match its competition, but now it is raising prices again.

4.   State Farm, Allstate and others lured customers by lowering prices.

5.   With that much paper to sell, traders said, dealers may want to make yields more attractive to customers by lowering prices.