1.   Also, UAL reports an earnings decline for the fourth quarter.

2.   Among consumer products makers, Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Unilever NV are expected to reverse earnings declines.

3.   Analysts blame a high cost structure for an earnings decline expected at USAir.

4.   Analysts said investors had been preparing for the earnings decline by buying stocks that promised stable growth.

5.   Analysts had expected an earnings decline, but the company came in near the low end of their estimates.

6.   As we head into the heart of third-quarter earnings season, analysts and investors are bracing for a flood of earnings declines.

7.   At the time, it blamed higher raw material costs and stiffer competition for the earnings decline.

8.   A takeover made while business is booming means companies have time to restructure and possibly cut jobs before earnings declines force their hand.

9.   But analysts focused on the earnings decline and comparable store sales.

10.   But back then, the overall earnings decline lasted two years.