31.   Profits are declining.

32.   Profits declined at appliances, information services and lighting and were unchanged at electrical distribution and control.

33.   Profits from mortgages declined, and other areas were flat.

34.   Profits have declined from the year-earlier period in seven of the last nine quarters.

35.   Profits were declining and costs escalating as Carter churned out more and ever fancier designs.

36.   Profits will decline at Alliance Forest Products Inc., Donohue Inc. and Noranda Forest Inc., while Avenor Inc. will have a loss.

37.   Producers of industrial materials such as steel are suffering from the reduced demand abroad, and many other manufacturers have seen orders and profits decline.

38.   Sales growth at Procter has been flat and operating profit has declined for four quarters, Lafley said.

39.   Still, profit declined from the record pace of the first two quarters as they did for most Wall Street firms.

40.   The higher rates and a deep recession took their toll, however, as profits declined and the government was forced to take over half a dozen banks.