1. Business travel costs increased in 2006 after several years of flat or declining prices, according to a survey by American Express.
2. It's a business and magazines in the western world have been suffering declining sales the last few years with many well established publications closing shop.
3. What's more worrying is that the consumption rate has been declining sharply over the past few years amid sluggish growth in domestic consumer demand.
4. Most guide dogs over 12 years old are retired from service due to their declining physical strength.
5. Fuel economy is also among the top reasons for declining to buy, especially after the sharp increases in gas prices in recent years.
6. It is little wonder that some professors have repeatedly complained about the declining quality of university graduates in recent years.
7. Yet a string of interest rate cuts in the past few years and a lackluster stock market have resulted in declining investment returns.
8. Facts prove that people's declining trust in public power has ultimately caused a number of mass incidents in recent years.
9. Production peaked in North America 40 years ago, and major oilfields around the world are peaking and declining.
10. Till then, the amount of grain produced had been declining for four consecutive years.