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There's hope that an increase in demand will bring down what is perceived to be current high level of inventory, ... But that has not happened. We haven't seen significant declines in inventory levels around the world. That has influenced OPEC's decision.

The road ahead for GM does not look much better -- we expect continued market share declines in a modestly lower U.S. vehicle sales environment.

The risk of price declines has increased somewhat, but the national and local economies remain strong, which should support a gradual return to an economic climate characterized by slow, steady appreciation.

These sales declines will result in significant markdowns, which will be booked in the third and fourth quarters,

These declines do seem to be irreversible now,

These data indicate that the manufacturing sectors of the economy are still reeling from slowing demand and bloated inventories. Further declines in output are likely.

The stock market has become modestly overvalued and investors are using a variety excuses to take money off the table. I wouldn't be surprised if the current, corrective phase continues and the market declines another 5 percent.

The stock market declines are a little bit scary. People want to take the dollar weaker.

These livestock futures declines are all feeding off one another. You can't isolate just one reason for the lower prices. It's all inter-related.

The slide in stocks is a positive for bonds. Further stocks declines will damp individuals' sentiment and could affect growth.

Tenet achieved another strong quarter of improved pricing and tight cost control strengthening the foundation of our business as we enter 2006. Despite this considerable progress on the pricing and cost fronts, our results for the fourth quarter and full year 2005 were adversely impacted by continuing declines in patient volumes and stubbornly high levels of bad debt expense. We believe our ability to successfully reverse this volume erosion is limited by the continuing overhang of government litigation and investigation issues. The resolution of these issues remains among our highest priorities.

People sold bonds excessively the past several days and yields became high enough to attract buyers. Declines in stocks are giving people a chance to pay more attention to the value of bonds.

On top of declines in the US overnight, losses on UMC further weighed on the benchmark index.

The move to value pricing offered (price) declines that just weren't great enough to attract buyers,

Affordability declines are worrisome, but consistent with strong markets for the past 30 years. More troublesome is the inability to find affordable starter homes.

The oil data is giving some support to the stock market, especially given the mixed company earnings that have been released in the past couple of days. Declines in oil prices are always positive for equities.

Species declines change predator-prey dynamics, energy flow through systems, and ecosystem resilience, stability, function, and form.

Novell's Linux revenue increased 22 percent year over year to US$10.4 million. Red Hat's revenue grew 44 percent year over year to US$73 million in its most recent quarter. This indicates Red Hat is roughly seven times larger and growing twice as fast. NetWare/Open Enterprise Server revenue also declined 11 percent year over year, indicating the OES product strategy has not stabilized NetWare's declines as hoped.

Novell's Linux revenue increased 22 percent year over year to $10.4 million. Red Hat's revenue grew 44 percent year over year to $73 million in its most recent quarter. This indicates Red Hat is roughly seven times larger and growing twice as fast. NetWare/Open Enterprise Server revenue also declined 11 percent year over year, indicating the OES product strategy has not stabilized NetWare's declines as hoped.

Dell was able to gain PC share while sustaining moderate ASP (average selling prices) declines and benefiting from component cost declines. The PC market unit growth was 15% during calendar Q4 and Dell gained share.

Declines will continue. There is only one new field of any size - the Buzzard field - set to come online. Otherwise it's just bits and pieces.

Declines in the real estate activity will probably spill over into consumer confidence and eventually lead to slower spending.

Declines in gas prices were responsible for the substantial gain, which nearly restored confidence to the levels recorded prior to the spike in gas prices last August.

Declines in currency and crude oil prices spurred the rebound today. They are risk factors for exporters all the time.

Declines in commodity prices may cause investors to take a step back from shares of related suppliers.

Declines are being led by the loss of dividend rights. That's caused the drop, including power companies, although the expiry of dividends is a less pronounced factor for companies with stronger fundamentals.

Declines are being led by the loss of dividend rights. That's caused the drop.

Companies have finally cleaned up excessive debt and are turning to banks for funds. This shows the Bank of Japan that consumers and companies are confident about the economy and don't expect price declines to resume.

A slowdown in the housing market suggests possible declines in consumption. That would be a negative factor for Japanese exporters.

A source of support to the screen appears to be indications of increased refinery maintenance that should prove capable of reversing a dramatic 23-mil bbl up-trend in gasoline stocks during the past seven weeks. Production declines should also be driven by some slippage in gasoline yields.

As indicated earlier, we were disappointed in our 2005 financial results. Despite certain areas of our business having record performances, such as international apparel and Brooks, we did experience disappointing sales overall in our Sporting Goods segment. Unfilled orders earlier in the year contributed to weaker sales results for the balance of the year for Russell Athletic. Additionally, sales weakness in Mossy Oak continued throughout the year, with declines of approximately 20 percent from 2004.

A large portion of the declines in ads in November and December are seasonal declines as businesses cut back recruitment ads during the holiday season.

You're seeing buyers cut their prices to get their homes sold on the existing side of the market, but the price declines are not as bad for new homes.

You saw a little better earnings than expected, a more optimistic outlook for full-year earnings, and people beginning to see margin expansion for the company after some declines over the last 18 months. That visibility is the biggest reason you're seeing the stock move up.

You're likely to see price declines on the older- generation software,

You're going to see production declines by both GM and Ford through 2008. That's going to have a negative impact on any supplier that has a large dependence on GM and Ford.

This is the first study to demonstrate that long-term calorie restriction with optimal nutrition has cardiac-specific effects that (delay or reverse) age-associated declines in heart function.

The unit growth is not so strong as to offset the price declines they're seeing in their chips.

Third quarter results are disappointing as sales increases in much of our portfolio were offset by declines in the Barbie brand,

Although we hear of a slowing real estate market, we don't yet see any price declines in the data.

Although Valentine's Day drove up traffic in several categories versus the previous month, those categories actually experienced declines when compared to February of the prior year. Conversely, heavy interest in the 2006 Winter Olympics propelled the Sports category to a 16 percent traffic gain and 32 percent increase in engagement over February 2005. It appears that the Olympics took away mindshare from Valentine's Day during the middle part of the month, possibly resulting in softer sales for Valentine's Day retailers.

They don't have enough promotional inventories in the stores. They'll only be selling full-price and they're already giving out warnings of negative same-store sales declines in February.

There was cautious optimism a month ago that manufacturing declines might have been bottoming out, ... Now, in the wake of the attacks, economic demand seems likely to slow.

There's disappointment about the economic reports right now, but my sense is that this is going to be short-lived. The overall economic trend is higher, with the exception of the labor market, so it seems to me that declines are going to be used as an opportunity to buy.

There is uncertainty on how these lenders will be treated going forward. The declines may be severe considering their business growth potential.

As we come to the end of the calendar year, industry conditions remain healthy, ... Processor and operating system transitions and component cost declines continue to position our industry for strong customer demand.

A changing environment and continued declines in (corporate bond) revenue have led us to make the difficult decision to close that department.

It's not really troubling. It's the first decline since September. Probably more important is the trend that's in place, which is upward. You would probably need to see three or more declines in the leading index to signal a problem.

Ford should get a bounce from restructuring, assuming it gets a deal with the UAW to close several plants. It also has some good cars coming out, but declines are likely in SUVs.

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

It's unclear whether the declines are related to year-end concerns or to a more general softening in manufacturing activity, but they do add evidence to the (Fed's) forecast for slower growth going forward.

Consumers judged their current finances much more favorably due to declines in gas prices, and were more likely to anticipate additional financial gains during the year ahead.

Consumer optimism climbed higher in December after soaring in November. This followed huge back-to-back declines in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the associated surge in energy prices.

The notion that the digital imaging market is losing ground just isn't accurate. Overall, the short-term outlook is very good, and while the long-term outlook shows declines in sales, there is still great potential for the market.

It's stunning. We looked at 20 areas, and 16 out of the 20 showed declines in health indicators.

The biggest concern is the impact of the Asian situation on the manufacturing sector of the economy, ... We continue to be concerned about job declines in that area, but . . . the underpinnings of the economy are still very strong in other sectors.

The U.S. economy appears to have withstood a set of blows -- major declines in equity markets, a sharp retrenchment in investment spending, and the tragic terrorist attacks of last September -- that in previous business cycles almost surely would have induced a severe contraction,

The sentiment was cautious, and declines in the U.S. and Asian counterparts provided investors with a good cue to unwind their positions.

After their recent declines following a series of profit warnings, valuations for most of big name high-techs have come down to levels that look quite attractive to most investors.

Sharp declines in the government?s external debt indicators and structural improvements that, over time, should help Pakistan?s export capacity motivated the change in outlook for the foreign currency rating.

The larger declines were recorded in the high-priced markets that are more sensitive to mortgage rate changes.

The consequences of declines in physical activity over time are now evident by the large proportion of society with poor fitness levels.

The consumer electronics industry continues to enjoy healthy growth and consumers are faring even better thanks to competitive pricing and overall price deflation, ... While price declines and competition place pressure on profit margins, these factors also help drive total unit sales as consumers flock to join the digital era. With this in mind, we have upwardly revised sales projections for several product categories in our updated 2005 forecast report.

The Canadian dollar will bounce up and down, following crude oil. Declines in oil are negative for the Canadian currency.

I'm not looking for quite the same steep declines this year, but early August has already been weak and we are definitely trending a lot lower for the period. You're not likely to see another sustained upturn until the end of the year.

I'm expecting declines today on the back of the U.S..

Inflation decelerated across a broad spectrum of core CPI areas -- about 40 percent of prices in the core showed declines in their year-over-year growth rate. That's a big proportion. The Fed is concerned and has a reason to be concerned.

In a number of areas, particularly on the coasts, they have a high risk of price declines in the next two years.

In a normal seasonal environment, we would expect higher revenue, ... Our expectations have been tempered by the weak economy, and declines in consumer confidence.

Industrial activity is contracting across a broad set of industries, reflecting the declines in both consumer and business spending.

In the 30 years that this study now spans, we have seen some wide fluctuations in the smoking habits of American young people. We are still seeing some residual declines in smoking in the upper grades, as the lower-smoking birth cohorts make their way up the age spectrum...But, even in the upper grades a slowdown is occurring, and we believe the declines are likely to end very soon.

Investors in Egyptian stocks are psychologically affected by today's declines in Persian Gulf markets.

Investors have to spend a lot of time thinking about areas of the market that will be insulated from declines in profitability.

Claims have now been essentially static for three months, so even if the latest declines turn out to be unsustainable, the data will still show that the trend is no longer rising rapidly, and may not be rising at all, ... It looks like the worst of the worst is now over in the labor market.

I don't think it does anything to fact that we look for one more rate cut in October. There are too many other pieces of information that we still need to see, ... The price situation in some ways is a good thing, but the fact there are such widespread price declines is not good in the long run ? that's deflation, and can weigh in favor of even more easing.

For some reason, ever since I was a little kid, I wake with the most energy of the day, and it slowly declines from there.

The manufacturing sector continued to contract in September, ... This is the fourth month of decline following 22 consecutive months of growth. While both Production and New Orders grew in September, the PMI was influenced negatively by declines in the Inventories and Employment Indexes.

The house price data continues to suggest the worst of the house price declines are in the past, although we continue to see little upside from here for some time to come.

The headline was pulled down by slightly bigger declines in gasoline, natural gas and fuel oil prices than we expected. Core PPI is now up just 1.7% year over year, down from May's 2.8% peak. It will slow further in the wake of the slowing in raw-materials prices, but the Fed cares much more about the labor market than PPI.

You've gone into this period where you're trading into this vortex. You're trading on fear. If you see continued declines like this it will need some external shock to break the pattern.

The general market earlier in the month had one of the steepest declines since April. But energy prices started falling. By late October, markets came back very strong.

The gains were uneven, however, with small declines in clothing and electronics, a decent 0.7 percent rise for general merchandise and a huge leap for non-store retailers. Provided January holds up -- surveys suggest so far, so good -- the overall holiday season will have been pretty good.

The fourth quarter was quite good but panel prices began to fall again from January and we anticipate more declines going forward.

The currency may extend declines because of the prospect for further, more aggressive rate reductions.

The categories revealing declines are not surprising, reflecting the discounting by retailers that routinely occurs during the later stages of the holiday season.

The figures leave little doubt that declines in mortgage interest rates have provided support for housing,

The market is taking a break after nonstop declines earlier this week, but the shrinking volume showed that investors are reluctant to buy aggressively.

The market sees very little opposition from Japan so that opens the way for further declines in the yen. The yen is looking vulnerable across the board.

The market is now waiting for the U.S. government's oil stocks data. If there are any surprising declines in U.S petroleum stocks, crude futures will likely try to breach the $62 mark again.

The Leading Economic Index is basically telling us what we already know. Despite the declines in the index, the economy is growing, although very slowly.

Professionally he declines and falls, and as a friend he drops into poetry.