Sentence examples for down the declining from inspiring English sources

Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it lost $120 million in the third quarter, its first quarterly loss in more than 17 years, because of a noncash charge to write down the declining value of its hedging contracts.

PAGE B7 TWO MORE AIRLINES POST LOSSES Two more major airlines said they lost money in the third quarter, including Southwest, which posted a loss of $120 million because of a noncash charge to write down the declining value of its hedging contracts for jet fuel.

The constant currency figure for 2016, Gartner says, is $667 billion, down -0.5% on 2015, dragged down by the declining price of phones and the rise of the sub-$50 smart device.

However, in terms of funding capabilities, first, China's economic development is entering a new normal, and the growth of government finances will also slow down with the declining rate of development.

Therefore, our values would be located on the inclining leg close to the peak and Stolze's further down on the declining leg.

Shell's full-year profits were hit by $6.8bn of one-off costs, including write-downs for the declining value of its oil and gas assets, and redundancies.

AOL Time Warner is also expected to take an eventual noncash write-down for the declining value of its AOL division, which could come to several billion dollars.

The rescue programme approved by the trustees will only slow down the decline.

Brad Turrell, the network's corporate spokesman, brandished charts that tried to play down the declines.

"Players in the oil industry are expected to bring the technological expertise in order to slow down the decline rate and extend the life span of these fields".

Yesterday we learned that while overall retail sales figures were down, the decline was almost entirely due to a pullback in spending on automobiles, thanks to the end of cash for clunkers.