But as digital revenue grew, print sales suffered, dropping to $11.1 billion in 2011 from $12.1 billion in 2010.
Publishers' revenue from brick-and-mortar retail stores suffered, dropping 7 percent to $7.5 billion, while revenue from online retailers like Amazon boomed, rising 21 percent, to $6.9 billion.
Lately, studios and publicly traded theater chains like Regal Entertainment suffered drops in annual attendance, forcing them to prop up revenue by charging more for admission and concessions.
Virtually all the firm's businesses -- except its Discover credit card operations -- suffered drops in revenue and profit in the quarter.
Among these 50 notable names, 19 suffered drops in net worth of at least 20% and 38 lost at least 10%.
They have been reported to affect submarines, oil rigs, underwater cables and even passing aircraft, which can suffer drops in altitude.
The girls continued to suffer, dropped out of school and gave television interviews in which their arms looped around wildly and their voices broke and warbled.
The universities – including Bedfordshire, the University of Central Lancashire, Leeds Met and Sheffield Hallam – are expected to suffer drops of more than 10% in undergraduate student numbers for this autumn.
The two leading Spanish banks, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria and Banco Santander Central Hispano, for example, are heavily invested in Latin America and suffer drops in their share price every time one of the region's economies falters.
They want to make sure customers don't suffer dropped calls when making crucial phone transactions, like moving money between bank accounts.
I'd suffer, get dropped, and royally suck in front of an audience.
