81.   The report said that the slight decline in profit is due to the extra expenses spent on expanding, maintenance, development and modernizing the shops.

82.   The reported platinum find subsequently caused a slight decline in prices of the precious metal in the New York and Hong Kong markets.

83.   The report did not explain the causes for the slight decline in trade volume.

84.   The slight decline confirmed sluggishness in manufacturing as businesses trim inventories that accumulated earlier this year.

85.   Analysts had been forecasting a slight decline.

86.   Analysts had expected a slight decline.

87.   At the beginning of the year Bosch had been predicting a slight decline in sales this year.

88.   Blue chips rallied Friday, buoyed by a government report showing a slight decline in wholesale price increases for May.

89.   The papers gave no figures for the following months but bankers said demand was still strong despite a slight decline in crude prices.

90.   The slight decline on the stock market was normal after the rally last week, said Dennis Jarrett, an analyst at Kidder Peabody.