DECLINE popularity and DECLINE trends

Less than 40 percent of software installed on computers in China was pirated in 2011, a decline of 3 percentage points from the previous year.

Many daily newspapers have been moving away from paper for years, emphasizing digital news. Lately, some print dailies have been moving away from publishing daily, too. To try to combat the industry’s decline — in readership, advertising and profits — a handful of newspapers are now cutting back their publishing schedules from seven days a week in print to just three. Read full article >>...

It was a great night for Phillip Phillips, but for "American Idol," maybe not so much. Phillips, a husky-voiced troubadour, conquered Season 11 as expected on Wednesday night's two-hour finale, slipping past his last competitor, 16-year-old chanteuse Jessica Sanchez. But the Fox show itself slunk to the lowest "Idol" finale ratings ever, with 20.7 million tuning in, according to preliminary fig...

The decline in the residential property market continued over the year to the end of April, new data from the Central Statistics Office showed today.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday staunchly defended his foreign policy record against Republican election-year criticism that he has overseen a decline in American power in the world.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - US President Barack Obama offered a direct rebuttal Wednesday of Mitt Romney's foreign policy critique, saying his leadership had forged a "different world" in just four years. In a sweeping survey of his diplomatic worldview, Obama implicitly rejected claims he is wedded to national decline, and said he had restored US values and alliances and paved the way to a ne...

Le premier ministre Mariano Rajoy rencontre François Hollande mercredi à Paris.

India Inc wants the RBI to intervene, but the central bank is hesitant to do so since the decline of rupee is due to global factors.

Incessant rain during April kept consumers at home causing Britain's high streets to experience the worst decline in shopper numbers since November 2009, according to a report by the British Retail Consortium.

There are fewer minority basketball coaches in N.C.A.A. Division I, but the Southeastern Conference has found ways to buck the trend.

Bajaj Auto reported a 45% decline in net profit in the fourth quarter of 2011-12 as a one-time gain in the comparable quarter of previous fiscal subdued numbers.

The percentage of homeowners delinquent on their mortgages in the first quarter fell to the lowest level since the end of 2008, but the share of loans in foreclosure remains high.

Settlement of tax dispute in Algeria and investment gains mask first-quarter decline as Danish group highlights problems facing sector

A recently published collection of 23 peer-reviewed and independent studies found evidence that some farmed salmon populations are harming wild salmon populations as they compete for food and habitat. According to a release, five billion juvenile salmon are released from hatcheries worldwide. In some instances, these salmon are putting pressure on wild salmon and contributing to population decl...

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Once widespread in England and Wales, the turtle dove is now in serious decline, with only nine birds for every 100 there were in the 70s.

It appears that the domain market hot streak is in more of a holding pattern, at least according to Sedo’s IDNX. A report from Sedo this morning announced that the IDNX domain price index recorded a 2.1% decline in April, following growth of more than 22% during the last six months. Sedo reported that there are [...]

Firefighters attended more than 1,500 hoax and malicious call-outs last year, the Irish Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA) said today.

Researchers found some signs of long-term decline in the dinosaurs’ last 12 million years, but nothing that might dislodge the asteroid’s role in the mass extinction.

Jane Macdougall: Pass around a bread basket these days and people will decline as if it were a slab of lard you were offering

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says business confidence dropped last month, declining further after a three-year low in March.

Metal contaminants in Southern California coastal waters have plummeted over the last four decades, according to a new study that attributes the cleaner water to 1970s environmental regulations. Water samples by USC researchers found a 100-fold drop in concentrations of...

Inflammation markers decline with diet and exercise

Sales of ebook novels quadrupled last year, almost making up for the sharp decline in sales of old-fashioned physical books, new figures from the book industry show.

ISLAMABAD: The final decision on the fuel adjustment cost for the month of February and March will be notified within next 3-4 days.NEPRA in its hearing agreed on Rs 2.38 per unit for both months. The cost might decrease slightly but not much hope for a significant decline. But some members had reservations.Central Power Purchase Agency had requested increase of 69 paisa for the month of Februa...

Once a rising star in the GOP, he's left the party and is bidding to become San Diego's next mayor.A computer programmed to design a promising young Republican politician would probably spit out Nathan Fletcher. Marine; Iraq combat veteran in Iraq; smart; athletic; married to a well-situated Republican; two little boys, adopted; two dogs, ditto. Perfect — except now there's no "R" after his nam...

US shares dragged down by poor news about unemployment applications and a broad decline in European markets.

France's presidential rivals scrambled on Tuesday to seduce nearly a fifth of the electorate that voted for far right anti-immigration crusader Marine Le Pen, voicing sympathy for voters' distress in the economic crisis.

It's been 26 years but Lionel Richie is back on top! Just when it looked like Adele's 21 would have leapfrogged Nicki Minaj's Roman Reloaded, Richie's Tuskegee snuck in as the top album on the Billboard 200. Tuskegee sold 129,000 units this week, thanks largely to his CBS special, ACM Presents: Lionel Richie & Friends in Concert. 7.7 [...]

A decline in the rate of teenage pregnancy is largely the result of an increase in birth control use. Yet Mitt Romney wants to dismantle reproductive health programs.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Output at U.S. factories slipped in March and builders started construction on fewer homes, offering cautionary signals for an economy that appeared to be gaining traction.

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"I respectfully decline my induction as a member of Guns N' Roses," says the rocker

SAINT-DENIS-DE-LA-REUNION (Reuters) - Dégustant des fruits locaux sur le...

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes England are on the decline, less than 12 months after they claimed the No 1 Test ranking. England have endured a horror start to 2012.

STEPHEN Sondheim believes musical theatre is in terminal decline, but that hasn't stopped him from working on a new piece.

Movie star Robert Redford says documentary films are taking the place of print journalism, thanks to a decline in reporting standards.

From the High Street to Bond Street, the web is changing retail. Matt Warman says Game is just the latest victim.

Punishing young people for their perceived laziness and moral decline by depriving them of their legal right to receive social welfare assistance will not motivate them to find a job.

SUNSPORT columnist claims Chelsea's Euro plight shows Prem is in a worrying decline

Author David Bainbridge claims the male midlife crisis is a big fat myth, he claims and middle age itself has been unfairly traduced as the grim decline between youth and old age.

Since Scotland introduced a ban on smoking in public places in 2006 there has been a significant decline in the country's premature birth rate, say researchers.

DreamWorks prépare une version série TV de Dragons . En voici les premières images.

Although the chromosome is in mortal decline, it does not mean the demise of the human male.

MIAMI (AP) -- Violent crime at the nation's schools is declining, and students and schools are reporting less bullying and gang activity....

The use of non-human primates for scientific research is on the decline at the university, both for ethical and logistical reasons

« Les étudiants ont la peur au ventre d'aller en cours », nous écrit une mère d'élève de la cité scolaire André-Malraux. Dans un courrier où elle s'alarme des cas de gale « de plus en plus nombreux » et où elle trouve « scandaleux que le lycée reste ouvert. »histoires liéesEn attendant l´élection présidentielle, le conseil général du Pas-de-Calais décline ses priorités

Produire en France ? C'est un beau thème de campagne encore décliné hier soir à Dunkerque par François Bayrou et le même jour par Nicolas Sarkozy qui avait choisi l'usine Seb pour ses voeux au monde économique ! Pour les ouvrières de l'usine textile Lejaby à Yssingeaux, ce slogan du « produire en France » a tout de la publicité politique mensongère ! Voilà une marque historique, synonyme de lin...

Même s'il a décliné la proposition d' Alain Giresse de participer à...

What can the federal Conservatives, Canada’s governing party, learn from the decline of the federal Liberals from “natural governing party” to third-party status?

It is difficult to see the world escaping a year of further economic decline, writes JIM JONES

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- U.S. album sales rose more than 3 percent last year for the first gain since 2004 - a sign that rising digital sales are finally stemming the decade-long decline of compact discs....

LAHORE - All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Mohsin Aziz has blamed energy shortage and high interest rates for alarming decline in textile exports during Nov 2011. He said the five major sectors of textile industry including cotton yarn, cotton cloth, knitwear, bed wear and towel have registered steep… Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story

Tomorrow's breakthroughs will demand the revival of American manufacturing. Why should the larger world care about the decline of manufacturing in the United States?

Is American power in decline, relative to the rest of the world? That question is at the canter of a provocative study by the US intelligence community exploring what the world might look like in 2030.The answer, judging by comments from a panel convened to discuss the topic, is that America faces serious trouble: The US economy is slowing, relative to its Asian competitors, which will make it ...

Après une matinée dans le vert, les bourses europeénnes ont nettement décliné jeudi après que le président de la Banque centrale européenne (BCE) Mario Draghi eut une nouvelle fois exclu la possibilité d'intervenir davantage sur le marché de la dette publique comme le réclament certains Etats.

A new survey on mortality in Afghanistan shows an apparent decline in maternal mortality figures.

It’s not the same now that all the nerdy male characters have girlfriends

Housing demand totaled 2,195 apartments in September, 18% less than in August and 30% less than in September last year.

Killing off dormant cells in mice slows their decline

The nationwide decline in housing prices that began in 2006 was supposed to be, we were told, impossible. Because its impact was limited initially to the sub-prime mortgage market, which was a relatively small part of the overall home-mortgage market, policy makers at the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve assured us that its effects would be contained. That prediction, we now...