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It had already said the increased marketing and investment, as well as losses associated with new international licences, would see a first half decline in digital profits year on year.

They are projected to decline another 20percentthis yearar, compared with a 12percentt first-half decline in the United States.

Peter Harf, the chairman, said: "The company successfully reversed the first-half decline in wholesale revenues and is on track with growth forecasts in Asia and Japan where brand awareness continues to grow strongly".

"The company successfully reversed the first-half decline in wholesale revenues and remains on track with growth forecasts in Asia and Japan where brand awareness continues to grow strongly".

Cashman said he did not know if the added weight contributed to Sabathia's second-half decline, in which his earned run average was 3.44, compared with 2.72 in the first half of the season.

He blamed the scale of the first-half decline in total revenues on a tough comparative with the first two months last year when Rupert Murdoch re-entered the Sunday tabloid market with the Sun on Sunday.

This compares favourably with rivals Johnston Press and Trinity Mirror, which recently reported sliding profits and 4.6% and 8.7% first-half declines in total revenues respectively.

Ms. O'Neill credited policy changes with nearly half the decline in welfare participation, and prosperity with only 20percentt.

Fox said that while the trading environment "remained volatile" in the first half, the decline in revenues was offset by a 9.2% fall in costs, £28.5m to £282.7m.

The company's shares plunged 7.7percentt on the news, but they recovered more than half that decline in the next session.

According to their research, at least half the decline in the dividend yield over the last two decades has been caused by factors having nothing to do with that trend.