1.   Operating profit fell an undisclosed amount.

2.   Profit fell because the company was unable to collect claims against the oil buffer fund.

3.   Profits have fallen for three consecutive quarters and capital spending has fallen in response.

4.   Our profits have fallen away sharply during the last two years.

5.   Profits were falling until the bookstore branched out into selling CDs.

6.   The City fears that profits could fall.

7.   Figures showed customer complaints had soared to record levels and profits were falling.

8.   The company has seen its profits fall precipitously over the past few years.

9.   Alpartagas did not say why profits fell.

10.   Also, first-quarter profits will fall short of estimates, Compaq said.