21.   Japanese stocks fell, led by high-technology and banking shares, amid concern that rising interest rates and declining demand for computer chips will hurt earnings.

22.   Japanese stocks fell, led by high-tech and banking shares, amid concern that rising interest rates and declining demand for computer chips will hurt earnings.

23.   Like many of its competitors, Motorola has delayed plans for new semiconductor plants and is producing fewer chips in existing plants in response to declining demand.

24.   Oil and gas stocks also fell amid expectations of declining demand for heating oil and gasoil.

25.   On the face of it, which is the way the ratio has generally been viewed in the past, this would indicate declining demand.

26.   Prices were also pushed lower as declining demand and higher inventories drove gasoline prices to their lowest in almost a year.

27.   Scient Corp. and PricewaterhouseCoopers, announced layoffs Wednesday, and both blamed declining demand for their advisory services.

28.   Soybeans fell to a five-week low amid declining domestic demand and prospects for a record harvest.

29.   That largely reflects declining demand in Southeast Asia, where the devaluation of the Thai baht in July triggered a currency crisis that spread throughout the region.

30.   The company reported weaker quarterly earnings Wednesday, partly due to declining demand abroad and the effects of the strong dollar.