11.   Wells Fargo and Norwest stocks are not the only ones to decline following their merger announcement.

12.   Among losers included high-technology shares, including Sony and Canon, which declined following the overnight weakness in their counterparts in New York.

13.   High-technology shares, including Sony and Canon, declined following the overnight weakness in their counterparts in New York.

14.   In Tokyo, share prices declined following two days of gains.

15.   Leasing of Western aircraft has declined following the sharp fall of the Russian currency last August, making leasing planes for U.S. dollars too expensive.

16.   On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, share prices declined following a drop on Wall Street overnight.

17.   Prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange declined following two days of gains.

18.   Soybean prices declined following the release of figures showing mediocre weekly U.S. export sales.

19.   Sugimoto said other high-tech issues declined following the midterm report.

20.   The Soviet Union supported North Korea, but relations with Moscow declined following the Soviet collapse.