"We have a number of growing businesses, but we have a number of declining businesses.
When the total demand for goods and services declines, businesses throughout the economy see their sales fall off.
"We are growing businesses that power the new style of I.T.; we've got declining businesses that powered the old style of I.T.," she told CNBC.
In other areas, there are questions about whether H.P.'s new products can replace, or even surpass, the revenue lost from declining businesses.
Most Chinatown entrepreneurs don't yet fully appreciate the need to develop educational and economic resources to turn around declining businesses.
Trees, rocks, and clouds may seem like simplistic material for a photographer whose work has previously addressed topics like energy consumption and his family's declining businesses.
So how many Monsters hits will it take to make up for the rest of Disney's flat or declining businesses?
It was a declining business.
Faced with declining business, employers could further trim payrolls.
These are merely the highest-profile examples of a declining business environment.
In the United States, Mr. Greenfield added, "you're fighting for market share in a declining business".
