1.   Although profits slumped temporarily, offering discount cigarettes helped Philip Morris turn around its decline in market share.

2.   Kodak profits are slumping amid lower film prices, wider digital imaging losses and a bloated workforce.

3.   Kodak profits are slumping amid lower film prices, wider digital-imaging losses and a bloated workforce.

4.   Profits were slumping from a recession at home and a poor performance by its U.S. movie subsidiary.

5.   Remy Cointreau, a French maker of alcoholic beverages, said fiscal first-half pretax profit slumped on higher promotional costs and a smaller one-time gain.

6.   Repsol SA said first-half profit slumped because earnings from its chemicals division plunged and Spanish gasoline prices came under pressure.

7.   Such a tactic must have been tempting, especially as profits at SportsChannel slumped.

8.   Though the company flourished under him at first, profits slumped in his final years.

9.   State banks profits have slumped with lower inflation and stiffer competition from the private sector.