21.   Mutual fund industry earnings are particularly hit when revenue declines because such a large portion of incremental sales are pure profit.

22.   Operating profits -- what banks earn from everyday business before loan disposals, stock losses and taxes -- fell as corporate lending sagged and bond-trading revenue declined.

23.   Operating profits -- what banks earn from everyday business before loan disposals, stock losses and taxes -- fell because corporate lending was sluggish and bond trading revenue declined.

24.   Profit rose even as revenue declined, both in its computers and services segments.

25.   Revenues declined, and HIP cut premiums to well below costs in an effort to hang on to policyholders.

26.   Revenues declined in its minicomputer selling program, marine engineering and shipbuilding.

27.   Since the surcharge was abolished in January, revenue declined slightly while consumption and exports increased due to the hard winter.

28.   Since it was abolished in January, revenue declined slightly while consumption increased, explaining the drop in sales and rise in earnings, Veba said.

29.   Tax revenues are declining at an alarming rate in Russia, and the drop is one of the main causes of the gaping budget deficit.

30.   That revenue would decline even more if wells are shut in.