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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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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.)

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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,

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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, reexamine their business,

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

Why buy a business that's been declining 10 to 15 percent?

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.

We are starting with stocks fully valued and short- and long-term interest rates still hovering near four-decade lows. Large bull-market moves are generally accompanied by, or preceded by, declining rates, and we don't have that scenario today.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Indications are positive towards stronger loans growth this year, which is becoming quite important in sustaining net profits amid the possibility of declining net interest margins.

Industrial demand in the southwest and North Las Vegas submarkets continues unabated due to its location, a growing economy and the continued expansion of resort and construction industries. The declining speculative vacancy rate is going to put upward pressure on rents in the future.

In order to keep the deficit on this declining path, we must continue to do two things: First, keep the economy growing; and second, restrain spending.

In our private banking division, declining securities revenues due to lower activity in the U.S.A. was the principal reason for lower profits.

In stagnant or declining real estate markets you are seeing more foreclosures, ... You can pretty much draw a line through the middle of the country and see where the foreclosures are.

In stagnant or declining real estate markets you are seeing more foreclosures. You can pretty much draw a line through the middle of the country and see where the foreclosures are.

If you've got declining gas supply and people start burning more oil, then that's one thing, and then you've also got limited supply from Iraq. Suddenly there's a bit of supply news, and a bit of demand news, and it's the combination of those two that's pushing prices up.

So core inflation is still rising slightly but doesn't appear to be a problem, and I think this is good news for the Federal Reserve . With energy prices declining it reduces the risk that fuel costs will be passed on to consumers.

The census shows the population is in a declining phase.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The federal budget picture is ... is steadily declining out over the next five years ... toward the President's goal of cutting the deficit in half, ... I feel confident that we will remain on that path as long as we have continued good economic growth.

The familiar combination of declining fundamentals and the market's perception that Tokyo wants to see a weaker yen was the catalyst for the Japanese currency's latest move down,

The Federal Reserve's recent cut in interest rates and a continued concern over weakness in the overall economy contributed to another drop in mortgage rates this week. In spite of the slowdown in other sectors and a lessening of consumer confidence, declining mortgage rates since the first of the year have helped to support housing activity.

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.

Higher metals prices and poor US dollar sentiment are offsetting a declining yield advantage for the Aussie, but we still see it expensive north of $0.7500.

In the second quarter we expect to see continued strength in the steel marketplace. Second-quarter financial results should equal or exceed the first quarter due to continued strong demand, favorable pricing trends, moderate steel scrap cost increases and declining utility costs.

If you want to fight against a declining trend, you've got to have a much bigger bazooka.

In the near term, the gilt market will react to any economic data release that helps shape investors' BOE view. The annual growth figure was lower than expected, showing continuation of declining growth.

Certain media-related developments in the country are raising questions regarding its objectivity and credibility. Paid news and the declining roles of the editors and their editorial freedom is posing a major threat to the Indian media.

Home Depot's balance sheet looks strong, with enough cash and low debt. But we remain concerned about declining return on capital from Home Depot's high inventory levels.

Gas production is a little bit worrisome. Gas production was declining before the hurricane, and we're not sure where it's headed, whether its going to continue declining or not.

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

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.

The cumulative impact of a worsening economy, declining capital investments and reduced consumer spending is strongly affecting the Japanese market. Although the Japanese market resisted for a while, it now looks like the PC market in Japan will be flat-to-negative into 2002.

The client had been a well-known charity in the country and really declined in the past 10 years. They have a declining donor file, and there is a decrease in the amount of the average gift.

The county's income is declining because manufacturing is declining, and manufacturing is declining ... as something we value as a nation. The Big Three are having less and less of an impact in Macomb County, and the auto industry in general has less and less of an impact on the nation's economy.