Office Depot said it was hurt by drastically lower sales of high-priced items like computers.

The company said that earnings were hurt by weak Asian sales.

Motorola Inc. said yesterday that its earnings in the third quarter would be significantly below expectations, hurt by weak sales of pagers and one-time costs.

The company said profits were hurt by unexpectedly low sales in May.

One reason he opposes the change is that Texas ranchers could be hurt by reduced sales of sausage and pepperoni.

Its profitability has been hurt this year by slow sales of large appliances and by the company's discount price policy, which took effect on March 1.

Ford was hurt by slowing sales at its Hertz unit, one of the largest rental car companies.

The health care unit was hurt by lower sales of its Cipro antibiotic.

The company said profit would be hurt by slowing sales and increased insurance claims related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Earnings were also hurt by flat sales of digital signal processors, the chips used in cellular phones and disk drives.