1.   And even a diversified company like GE cannot withstand a prolonged economic downturn without slashing costs.

2.   After raising money from public investors twice in the last seven months, Nuance has enough cash to ride out a prolonged downturn.

3.   Demand for recreation-oriented vehicles is growing because many Japanese salaried workers are working shorter hours as a result of the prolonged economic downturn.

4.   Demand for recreational vehicles is growing because many Japanese salaried workers are working shorter hours as a result of the prolonged economic downturn, Nissan said.

5.   For all investors, this year has been as tough to navigate as last year, with some dramatic surges offsetting prolonged downturns.

6.   If the turmoil leads to a prolonged downturn on Wall Street or cuts heavily into American exports, the robust economy in the United States could turn anemic.

7.   Not so many people owned stocks then, and a prolonged downturn was not so alien an experience just a generation after the Depression.

8.   One or both of them are likely to get into trouble before the stock market suffers a prolonged downturn.

9.   Still, Boeing officials said the announcement heralds the end of a prolonged downturn in the civil aviation business.

10.   That increase, combined with continued strength in hiring, could make a prolonged economic downturn less likely, analysts said.