11.   In Nash, Toronto sees a popular Canadian athlete who might turn around declining ticket sales.

12.   It may mean declining retail sales and rising unemployment in the lead-up to the election, he said.

13.   Just today, the government reported new home sales declined in October to the lowest rate since May, even as mortgage rates fell.

14.   Japanese stocks traded mixed, with automakers like Toyota Motor Corp. gaining and retailers such as Seven Eleven Japan Co. falling on concern about declining retail sales.

15.   Lotus posted its first loss ever in the first quarter, because of declining application sales.

16.   Muni bond firms have been hurt over the past several years by declining bond sales, shrinking profit margins and investors fleeing to the surging stock market.

17.   Qualcomm also reported declining sales of its highly profitable OmniTracs system for tracking trucks, as well as significantly lower license revenue.

18.   Rising inventories led Honda Motor Co., which had strong sales through March, to scale back production in July because of declining domestic sales.

19.   Retail sales declined in April, industrial production was unchanged, and the percentage of production capacity being used by manufacturers fell last month.

20.   Specialty apparel chains and regional discounters continued to see declining sales as bigger chains snare their customers.