1.   As a result of the sales slowdown, many manufacturers are boosting exports.

2.   Because the sales slowdown is trimming margins, Eaton said Chrysler is accelerating its cost-cutting campaign.

3.   Because the sales slowdown is trimming profit margins, Eaton said the company is accelerating its cost-cutting campaign.

4.   Both Link and Nattagh believe the sales slowdown, which is following seasonal patterns, could cool the price escalation.

5.   A furious round of pairing up is underway in the data storage industry as EMC Corp. and its competitors try to survive a sales slowdown.

6.   All of the big networking companies have escaped the sales slowdown and resulting layoffs that have lately plagued other high-tech sectors.

7.   But Lucent has been slammed by a sales slowdown, dragged down by debt and beset by other internal problems.

8.   Computer-related issues continued to fall amid worries about a sales slowdown in the computer industry.

9.   Despite the sales slowdown, they note, average selling prices held relatively steady.

10.   Dozens of electronic-commerce companies and their suppliers have nosedived since midsummer as reports poured in of sales slowdowns and troubles collecting from customers.