1.   Already, several Georgia-based companies have cited higher energy costs for declining profits.

2.   AMR is expected to report declining profits for the quarter on costs related to the dispute with American pilots.

3.   And no company in the CSFB study forecasts even a single year of declining profits.

4.   At many companies, single-digit sales growth and losses on cash management operations led to declining profits.

5.   A slump in the Korean property market and a string of bankruptcies in the industry may be reflected in declining profits and widening losses, analysts said.

6.   According to that analysis, which has been distributed by the Players Association, the NBA has suffered declining profits.

7.   Also, the talk of declining profits later this year clearly has many investors around the world spooked.

8.   Brinker International Inc. should have a very small earnings growth this quarter, ending four straight quarters of declining profits.

9.   But corporate America has been overwhelmingly negative, with some companies warning that declining profits may continue into the second quarter.

10.   But they gave up most of that advance when Schneider predicted that the company would reduce its dividend as a result of declining profits.