1.   Demand for U.S. cotton has been slowed amid competition from newly-opened polyester plants in China, Indonesia, and India, analysts said.

2.   Earnings growth for property companies already has slowed amid concern the upper-income condominium market could experience a glut as early as next year.

3.   Foreign investors continue to flock to the city, although the rate of increase is slowing amid economic turmoil throughout Asia.

4.   J.C. Penney Co., whose sales have slowed amid fierce competition, had far better luck selling its bonds.

5.   J.C. Penney Co., whose sales have slowed amid fierce competition, is expected to have far better luck selling its bonds.

6.   Money supply growth has slowed amid a construction slump and slower gains in exports and investments, analysts said.

7.   Stocks that fell today included chip equipment makers, who may see orders slow amid sluggish demand for Motorola chips in the U.S. and Europe.

8.   The stock has flagged of late as earnings slowed amid acquisitions and weak European sales.

9.   However, exports have fallen sharply since demand from the United States slowed amid the economic recession there.

10.   The impetus for Vietnam to conclude a trade pact is rising as its economy slows amid the fallout of the Asian economic crisis.