Stiff price competition and costs and lost sales related to store remodeling caused the change, the company said.
He said the slowdown in the United States had hurt sales related to CDMA, or Code Division Multiple Access, wireless technology.
(In 1955, sales related to admissions tests totalled $10m, in today's dollars; by 1997 they had grown to $384m).
Even in America, overall sales related to environmental technology have been growing rapidly and, if anything, look as if they will accelerate (see chart).
Nice said it had discovered that some sales related to Stevens Communications Inc., a Chicago-based distributor whose assets it acquired during the fourth quarter of last year, should not have been recognized.
Including revenue from "Idol" programming in other countries, from music sales related to all the "Idol" shows and from "So You Think You Can Dance," also on Fox, 19 Entertainment produced revenue of $223 million last year, up from $151 million two years earlier.
EBay sells just about everything on its Internet auction site, but out of deference to the victims of the terrorist attacks, it has temporarily banned sales related to the World Trade Center or the Pentagon.
DealBook » Despite Uncertainty, Private Equity Remains Bullish on Europe | Speaking at an industry conference in Berlin, David M. Rubenstein and other private equity executives outlined investment opportunities in Europe, including sales related to bank bailouts by local governments.
Speaking at an industry conference here, Mr. Rubenstein, the co-founder of the Carlyle Group, said European companies were now more open to selling distressed assets, and that sales related to bank bailouts by local governments could provide one of the best opportunities.
I once had a job in industry that was sales related, with varying working hours and other obstacles, and it was almost impossible to manage.
