1.   The number of half-yardlanders had declined from twenty-eight to twenty, for three had enlarged their holdings and five had relinquished some of their property.

2.   American relative economic power has declined from its postwar peak.

3.   Argentina posted its third consecutive monthly trade deficit in September as both exports and imports declined from the previous month.

4.   Argentine call rates dropped from two-year highs as demand declined from banks that had covered month-end central bank reserve requirements.

5.   Argentine stocks declined from five-year highs on concern that a recent surge in prices has made shares more expensive than earnings prospects justify.

6.   Argentine stocks declined from five-year highs on concern that a recent surge in prices has made shares more expensive than justified by earnings prospects.

7.   At The Times, classified advertising lineage also declined from the year-earlier period.

8.   Average hourly wages, a gauge of labor costs and inflation, showed no change in October and the average work week declined from September.

9.   Average hourly wages, a gauge of labor costs and inflation, showed no change in October, while the average work week declined from September.

10.   Banking revenue declined from the second quarter because fees for advising in corporate mergers shrank, company officials said told analysts.