41.   Talks with the U.S. cruise operator come a month after Airtours announced its first profit decline in eight years.

42.   Tektronix performed worst in the specialty printer market, where Meyer said it had the first sales decline ever.

43.   That was the first decline in five months.

44.   That was the first decline since March and lent some credence to statements by Japanese officials that the surplus is stabilizing as manufacturers rely less on exports.

45.   That was the first quarterly decline in two years.

46.   That was its first decline in five days.

47.   That was the first decline in four years.

48.   That was the first decline since March.

49.   That was the first decline since September.

50.   That was the first quarterly decline in spending for more than three years.