1.   Analysts said Apple has the opportunity to increase its shipments and stem the slide in market share, which will be crucial to its survival.

2.   And even the biggest skeptics know that something must be done to stem the slide in trading of Japanese stocks at home.

3.   As central banks in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines tried to stem the slide in their currencies, they raised interest rates.

4.   Banks in the Philippines, meanwhile, banded together to stem the slide in the peso.

5.   Better-than-expected profit reports did little to stem the slide.

6.   Central banks in Indonesia and Malaysia intervened in the spot currency markets to stem the slide in their currencies, traders said.

7.   Further losses will likely be limited by speculation the Bank of Japan or the Federal Reserve may buy dollars to stem its slide, traders said.

8.   Halim, the top shareholder of Renong, held a press conference as an attempt to stem the slide in the shares of the Renong group of companies.

9.   His comments suggested the government will ratchet up interest rates to attract money to the rupiah and stem its slide.

10.   Hundt, armed with the megaphone of his office but without a majority of the commission, is trying to stem the slide.