Sentence examples for and declining demand for from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Stenbeck's wealth shrank last year as market valuations dropped and declining demand for advertising hurt his media businesses.

The Georgia-Pacific Group warned yesterday that its fourth-quarter earnings would fall short of forecasts because of increasing energy costs and declining demand for lumber.

Mr. Goodmanson attributed the sluggishness to the global technology slowdown, as well as a softer demand for DuPont products in Europe and declining demand for carpets and paint in North America.

"This is definitely all IBM's fault," said Arthur Hogan of Jefferies & Co. "The concerns they voiced mostly regarding Y2K issues and declining demand for hardware shift the attention of the market.

In its fourth quarter, hit hard by high cotton and fuel prices and declining demand for consumer electronics and appliances, Sears' revenue slumped 4% to $12.5 billion.

Passenger numbers had fallen greatly since the opening of the Piccadilly line, while freight usage dropped throughout the 1950s as a result of improved road haulage and declining demand for coal.

Facing rising ink and paper costs and a declining demand for physical discs, the world's most recognizable skin rag — I mean, adult entertainment periodical — is getting out of the DVD business.

The beige book, a compilation of anecdotal reports from 12 regional Fed banks, showed that the record economic expansion finished its 10th year with "sluggish to modest" growth and a declining demand for workers.

The EPA said that it's not practical to use more than 15.21 billion gallons of fuel given the current state of biofuels infrastructure and the declining demand for gasoline.

In other words, the declining middle is accounted for mostly by the disappearance of good-paying, routine-work jobs for high school graduates and dropouts, and not by declining demand for workers with various kinds of postsecondary education or training short of a bachelor's degree (BA).

Profit will also be reduced by lower prices and declining demand in the United States for appliances, the company said.