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While good gains in productivity are economically favorable, it is not a good situation when this occurs because labor input is declining more rapidly than output.

When you look at the declining demand, it just doesn't support the cost.

With state funding declining significantly, it's becoming more and more important for us to look to our alumni and friends to provide support for things that we wouldn't normally be able to do.

Two thousand five was a great year. Our investment in Hub's sales culture and the commitment of our people enabled us to post organic growth in the face of declining insurance rates. Our acquisition team continued to excel in identifying and closing attractive opportunities. In addition, we achieved our goal of increasing operating margins, recording a one-percentage-point improvement for the quarter and the year.

face fundamental challenges, including excess capacity, declining demand, mounting inventories and weak prices.

But markets are not really surprised. UK oil production has been declining for several years.

The good news is that HIV in young adults appears to be declining in south ? most likely or perhaps only due to males using sex workers less or using condoms more often when they do.

While there have been some encouraging signs that Japan's economy is declining less sharply, most forecasters do not see a recovery this year or into next,

This was driven by 'the usual suspects' - accelerating fixed to mobile substitution and declining yields due to competitive price pressures.

What is new today is that lenders are allowing for the layering of risks on top of one another. What we don't know is what if we put all these risks together and put them in a rising interest rate environment, a declining housing market, or a weakening economy.

To its huge credit, GUS has moved from being a rag-tag of businesses with a reliance on a declining home shopping market to a very focused retail group.

With small schools and declining enrollment, two or three kids can dramatically affect test scores. We tested 75 fewer students district wide than last year.

You have a declining urban core (in Baltimore) and a fairly buoyant state. And that's tough if you're the captain of what can be seen as a sinking ship, ... He's dealt a fairly hard hand.

What Bush is talking about is a massive economic development effort which speaks as much to the issues of declining industry and declining populations. That raises a whole different set of questions.

What the current deficit does is make the dollar vulnerable. It means we could see a vicious cycle, where a declining dollar makes U.S. assets less attractive to foreign investors, which weakens our assets further, which puts further pressure on the dollar.

With gasoline prices declining here and across the pond during the month of October, any downside to this (PPI) figure will be hugely welcome for the market and equities could push higher.

We expect that things are going to slow down, and that slowdown is going to be evident in two ways. One, we are going to see lower sales volume, fewer houses being sold. Secondly, we think the rate of price inflation will be declining fairly dramatically.

You have to remain diligent and protect the habitat. If we don't do anything extra, they might start declining again.

There have been many predictions, mostly based on guesswork, that India's AIDS problem will explode -- as it did in southern Africa -- but we now have direct evidence of something positive. The good news is that HIV in young adults appears to be declining in the south -- most likely or perhaps only due to men keeping away from (sex workers) or using condoms more often when they do. The not-so-good news is that trends in the north remain uncertain and poorly studied.

We are very excited to finally have our own newspaper so I can test all my theories on why newspapers are seeing declining circulation.

We could see a 3 to 5 percent rally and still be within the context of a declining market,

Book of Daniel perhaps failed because it showed an elite world of liberal religion with which most Americans cannot relate. Like much of the Episcopal hierarchy today, it was preoccupied more with the aberrant than with the enduring norms for human behavior. And like the declining Episcopal Church as a whole, it turned out to be a failure.

Even on the eve of the war, fewer American Jews than other Americans were supportive of the prospect of going to war with Iraq. As American public support has declined since 2003, Jewish support has been declining in step, but because it began at a lower level, it continues to remain at a lower level of support than other Americans.

Even though gas prices have been declining since their peak in early September, consumers are still feeling the emotional and financial pinch, and they clearly see shopping online as a great way to conserve cash they spend on loved ones this holiday season.

Even though it's declining currently, we would still like to see a great deal of progress in coming decades, because it certainly is declining less than heart disease.

Everybody knows energy prices are out of control. But to see the core number coming in line with expectations and the year-over-year figure actually declining tells me the Fed is back on plan to move at a gradual pace (of rate increases.)

Every service organization I know is struggling with declining membership, and revenue.

Different populations can be declining for a number of reasons, including habitat loss, but populations in one place might be declining for entirely different reasons than populations in another place, ... Until we know where specific individuals spend the summer and winter, we cannot properly address the causes of the population declines.

Elementary-school enrollment is cyclical. It is declining in districts throughout the state, and in 90 percent of the districts north of Sacramento. Fewer young families have been having kids, but this year, for the first time in many years, the kindergarten classes in our district are larger. We're not expecting growth, but eventually our enrollment will be flat.

Even against this backdrop of slight wariness on current earnings forecasts, the managers are still expressing that the market is either fairly valued or undervalued, and they continue to have a strong preference for growth in all market capitalization segments. Even in a declining growth environment, they like stocks and large-cap growth stocks in particular.

Excess capacity, extremely high fuel prices, which continue to escalate, and declining fares have necessitated that all airlines, including ATA, re-examine their business,

Excess capacity, extremely high fuel prices -- which continue to escalate -- and declining fares have necessitated that all airlines, including ATA, reexamine their business,

There's no difference sending work from San Francisco to San Jose over the Internet than sending it from Bangalore to San Jose over the Internet, ... So there is going to be declining pay for technology workers in a global marketplace.

The toy industry has really been flat for the past three years. The tough part for the manufacturers has been the weak economy. Toymakers have struggled with declining profit margins as more and more consumers opted to buy toys on sale.

The toy industry has really been flat for the past three years, ... The tough part for the manufacturers has been the weak economy. Toymakers have struggled with declining profit margins as more and more consumers opted to buy toys on sale.

I sense very little appetite for green efforts to persuade people to accept a frozen or declining standard of living for the sake of the environment. Recessions remind us that economic retreat or stagnation is painful, whatever the goal.

I see their rate of growth declining over time, ... I don't see how you can keep growing earnings 10 to 15 percent with a company this size.

They are an important and declining species that we don't want to see die out.

It would be difficult to sell it with their most recent period, which is a horrible result. Goldman Sachs is probably saying that this would be a tough story to tell on the road when you have a declining business, when the other investment banks are posting record numbers.

The service sector performed well, with new orders rising, prices declining and employment inching up.

The shop contributed funds to our programs with varying degrees of success, until the last four years, which have seen steadily declining sales.

These data suggest that the manufacturing sector continues to bleed. Lower interest rates, fiscal stimulus and declining energy costs have not yet made any difference to this part of the economy.

The sluggish economy, declining consumer confidence, widespread layoffs and the tragic events of Sept. 11 appear likely to hold down holiday spending as we head into the final five weeks of the year, ... But retail outlets offering the price-conscious consumer a good buy may fare better than projected.

Terri is declining rapidly. We believe she has, at this point, passed where physically she would be able to recover, ... Face the Nation.

Right now we see ourselves on a continuing declining path in the deficit out over the next several years toward the 2009 goal that the President talked about, ... This kind of spending adds a challenge to us in meeting those goals, but I don't think it's a long-term challenge. I think the kind of spending we're talking about here is something that will be a concern in the next year or two, and not long run for the economy.

Reading is declining in every age group, cultural group, every region and income level. Unless something is done, we will continue to see those declines.

Reading and math scores nationally have been declining for past ten years. There's a real worry in America about whether children will be safe in school.

Prices have gone up this summer, instead of declining as they typically have done during the warmer months; they are at levels twice as high as a year ago,

Production is declining at about a 4 percent annual rate right now while consumption is increasing between 2 and 4 percent. So inevitably the price is going to have to go up.

People talk about my image, like I come in two dimensions, like lipstick is a sign of my declining mind, like what I happen to be wearing the day that someone takes my picture is my new statement for all womankind

Operating revenues from the Rose Garden -- including all the revenues from suites, club seats, concessions and other sources -- had become insufficient to pay the heavy debt burden, due, in large part, to declining attendance.

A declining deficit may be signaling a slight loss of economic growth momentum.

Actually, the operating revenues have been declining over the years because of the increasing costs and operating expenses.

Stores will close. It's already happening. Being a music store by itself is a declining business.

Oil prices show no signs of declining anytime soon, which will have negative implications for shares.

Dell has stated that a focus for them has been to gain share in Europe vs. HP, particularly in servers. We believe that Dell is indeed making progress to close the gap and Dell's declining tax rate implies improving operational profitability in the region.

Declining population may have a potential negative impact on the economy from the labor side. But the contribution of labor is not very big in terms of the potential growth rate of Japan's economy. If companies expand capacity and capital, that may help offset the negatives of labor reduction.

Declining enrollment certainly pays a part. We've been in decline for several years. Finances also play a part.

Department stores are struggling with declining market share and that's why we're likely to see future consolidation in this group.

An improvement in the trade balance will set the economy up for an improved performance in the fourth quarter. Mediocre consumer spending, the drag from net exports and declining housing construction have taken their toll on growth in the third quarter.

Algona faces the same problem as everyone else - declining enrollment. We have to look at how to keep, maintain - and expand - programs and quality while looking at a declining budget. Everyone is struggling with that problem.

You're seeing some selling on the Dow, but I think that's just some catch up after the last few weeks of declining on the Nasdaq. Overall, the market is pretty mixed.

This is not a problem that all of a sudden occurred. (Membership) has been declining for the past three to five years.

The US treasuries are declining in price but our comparative benchmark is not moving so the spread is declining.

The weight of evidence is showing housing is starting to cool. Prices have continued to rise faster than income. For a while that pattern has been offset by declining mortgage rates, but that's stopped.

This decision was extremely difficult and is in no way a reflection on the performance of the employees. While they have done an excellent job, we are, quite simply and sadly, making a product for which demand is declining swiftly.

This article points to the possibility that healthier living can significantly contribute to reducing the numbers of sick and mentally declining older people, and reduce health care costs. To accomplish that, we need more research to show us which specific combinations of lifestyle choices, and also future therapies, will maintain our brain and emotional health.

This has been a very difficult and challenging set of negotiations with General Motors. The challenges we faced here didn't happen by chance. They happened because of the declining market share of General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler.

Amazon insists it is still on the path to double-digit operating margin, despite the fact the 2005 guidance distinctly suggests a reversal of this course with declining incremental operating margin. Clearly, something is amiss here.

A lot of these multinationals are going to have to call on their reserves to keep their earnings up in the face of the declining situation abroad.

They (government) had based their projections on inflation declining but inflation is continuously going up.

They are doing whatever it takes to get it done. The employees should be appreciative. Without these moves, their days would be numbered. They would have had a declining cash cow, a non-growth company forever. Now they have a chance to grow. (Management has) transformed it into a new company.

The report clearly disproves the common misconception that women are the only sufferers of fertility issues. With the next generation facing increasing pressure as a result of declining fertility and mortality rates, it's only fair that men accept their responsibility and change their lifestyles now before it's too late.

They're just trying to cut out a lot of costs, they've got to pay a lot of debt down and that requires a lot of cash. But it's a challenge for them because you've got a lot of big hitters in the digital business with a lot of deep pockets... I think they'll be able to cut a lot out of the infrastructure costs. The business has been declining at a 5 to 10 percent clip. The question is, can you generate enough cash from printing products to cover that loss? It's a big gamble.

They're better able to articulate their strategy than in the past, and the new management talent has contributed to that capability. But there are still some real competitive issues, especially in the computer systems division, where they're facing declining market share. Sun has always been competitive, but we're also seeing a revitalized IBM in the server space. But as long as HP can get its strategy right, then we should see a recovery as things progress.

There's been a declining audience for network TV for a while, People have their own libraries of things they specifically want to see, which competes for TV viewing time. More options is good news for the consumer but bad news for the networks, who are responsible for the most expensive hours of TV produced. It'll be harder and harder to maintain an audience that justifies that business model.

As we learned in Economics 101, a declining manufacturing sector is part of the normal process as an economy develops.

As more listings of homes come on the market during this period of modestly declining sales, more home buyers will find themselves in a better position to negotiate.

It's a relief that revenues are no longer declining for Clear Channel.

It's a decisive moment, ... It's not Chavez's nasty tongue that has earned him Washington's odium. It is his policies. What he stands for is a declining role for the U.S. in Latin America.

It's usually at least 30 days between, and I'm not worried. I've heard that at almost every single Slam. That's just the way these things always work. But I haven't heard anything like that (teams declining to go because of it).

For children, uninsured rates appear to be declining over time.

Following the proposed acquisition of Siebel by Oracle many existing Siebel employees may be concerned about their career prospects, ... We want to offer them an alternative to an environment of declining commissions, confused customers and uncertainty around career viability.

The number of students drive the budget. When you start having declining enrollment, it takes a while to filter through before you can start reducing costs.

It's like a declining balance, like a debit card.

It's kind of hard to be shocked by the magnitude of these declines when they're declining every single quarter.

It's always a concern. Declining population can also equate to a declining tax base. It puts a burden on the people who live here.

It's pretty clear that our market has passed its peak -- which was reached in the third quarter of 2005 -- and we've seen declining unit sales. Prices, however, are still increasing and we expect the prices to continue increasing throughout this year before leveling off.

Despite fierce competition in a declining segment, sales of the all-new Civic continue to post gains. In addition, with best-ever monthly sales of more than 6,500 units, Ridgeline posted sales gains in 10 of the last 11 months to finish the year on target.

Despite declining well numbers in many offshore areas drilling services will attract a flood of cash for the industry if you know where to look.

Then we wanted to get in front of the declining (enrollment).

That means a long-lasting declining trend in bank loans is ending.

education will be a theme in the next presidential election. It's one thing that this country is not doing well enough. Several states are going to be adopting new textbooks. This company has spent a lot of money to prepare, so you're going to go into a period of rising revenues, declining costs and powerful positive profit growth. And it's selling at 13 times forward fourth quarter earnings.

The biggest thing is the decline in wages for the low and moderate income people. Part of it is large periods of higher than average unemployment, globalization ? jobs going overseas ? the shift from manufacturing jobs to lower paying service sector jobs, immigration, the weakening of unions, and the fact that the federal minimum wage has been declining relative to inflation.

Strong competition contributed to declining prices for semiconductors, which resulted in nominal growth on higher unit sales in July,

The beef segment suffered from low capacity utilization and declining boxed beef prices. The negative effect of high live cattle prices and lower sales was made worse by interruptions in export markets.

The benign performance at the wholesale level may not necessarily wash through at the retail level. But there is no doubt that there is good news for U.S. consumers in the context of declining food and energy prices.

The addition of jobs by Texas employers, as well as the declining unemployment rate, is great news for the labor market.

It's declining and that's good, Our attitude is, if the customer wants that, let them give it to you.

The U.S. economy is performing so admirably right now, it is hard to believe how good it is. We have strong growth, declining inflation, strong profits, rising real wages. All of these things are happening at the same time and there is no sign that any of this is about to end.