1.   Analysts said most of the decline last week probably came because of fewer seasonal auto plant shutdowns.

2.   Analysts said most of the decline in jobless claims probably occurred because of fewer seasonal auto plant shutdowns.

3.   Analysts say that if the strike is not settled soon it is likely to last into mid-July, when a two-week plant shutdown was previously scheduled.

4.   August claims figures are still distorted by the effects of seasonal plant shutdowns in July, Steen said.

5.   But because it is in Pusan, an opposition stronghold, the government wants to avoid a plant shutdown before parliamentary elections next April.

6.   Claims surged in July in line with the string of auto plant shutdowns that depressed durable goods orders.

7.   Despite the plant shutdown, the syrup-making tradition is not dead in Grady County, McCaskill said.

8.   Factories posted the largest job losses in more than three years, partly reflecting the auto plant shutdowns.

9.   Gregory, who found out about the looming plant shutdown yesterday morning, said he would meet with Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist today to discuss the situation.

10.   However, no permanent plant shutdowns are expected.