41.   Operating income fell as a result of slow growth of air cargo markets and higher costs for maintenance.

42.   Philips Electronics NV warned second-half operating income could fall below that of last year and signaled further job cuts.

43.   Philips Electronics NV warned second-half operating income could fall below that of last year and signaled it will have to cut more jobs.

44.   Real incomes have fallen by a third, and living standards in most regions have deteriorated to levels not seen in decades.

45.   Recent Census Bureau numbers show that last year, median household income fell for the fourth consecutive year.

46.   Profits rose as income from loans fell and fees surged.

47.   Selling mutual funds and credit cards is no easy task at a time when household incomes are falling in almost every Asian country.

48.   Still, analysts cautioned that premium income could fall further in the year ahead as European competition increases in the west and spreads even faster to the east.

49.   Swiss retail sales have declined for seven consecutive months as disposable incomes fell and unemployment rose.

50.   Sun Microsystems Inc. shares fell after the computer maker said its fiscal fourth-quarter net income fell because of charges related to two acquisitions.