And Merthyr Tydfil in the south Wales Valleys has seen the biggest decline - losing 7.5% of its inhabitants.
Business as usual - the orderly management of decline - is not an option according to the RSPB's Dr Mark Eaton.
Marriage is also on the decline -- 54.1% of adults were married in 2010 as opposed to 57.3% who were married in 2000.
Sales have been in decline - the Coventry-based firm sold 1, 502 taxis in the UK last year, compared with 1, 653 in 2010, a fall of 9.1%.
This increasing risk aversion amplifies an initial price decline -- coming from bad earnings news or the huge rise in credit spreads -- into a rout.
"All, without any exception, are in decline--some in terminal decline, " says Mehdi Varzi, a prerevolutionary NIOC official who now runs the consulting firm Varzi Energy in London.
Gunn is willing to take some short-term hits on these stocks--buying more as they decline--because he expects them to pay off over the next four to five years.
Recent research suggests that if left untreated, hearing loss might contribute to an acceleration in cognitive decline - relating to our understanding, reasoning and perception skills - as we age.
If there is a slowdown in the turnover of money--say, a 5% decline--the impact on nominal GDP growth is no different than if the money supply itself shrinks by 5%.
At least one controversial area of law, securities class actions, is in decline--and is likely to remain so as potential corporate wrongdoers weigh the increased likelihood of getting caught and paying a hefty personal price.
Furthermore, we believe the DVD (and broader optical disk) category has already entered a long-term decline (analogous with peak-to-trough decline of VHS and CD categories), caused by rapid growth in on-line streaming and a la carte rentals (though we admit that UV has been a bit of a disappointment, so far).
Best Buy noted that in U.S. outlets it saw a low double-digit comp stores sales decline in TVs and entertainment hardware and software, with TVs seeing a low-double digit decline in units and a mid-single digit price decline.
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Stack's technical read of the market continues to remain bullish, with advance-decline ratios and put-call ratios supporting the case for a continued advance in stocks.
Although today's white-hot labour market has dragged ever more poor people into work, it has only halted, rather than reversed, this decades-long decline in low-skilled earning power.
Total voice connections, which measures FiOS Digital Voice connections in addition to traditional switched access lines, declined 7.9 percent to 25.0 million - the smallest year-over-year decline since second-quarter 2007.
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Medicaid spending has soared in recent times (up 63% in the past five years) thanks to rising health inflation, growing numbers of old people and the long-term decline in employer-provided health insurance.
The disappearing jobs list also reflects the continuing long-term decline of no- and low-skilled manufacturing jobs in the U.S.--sewing machine operators, engine assemblers, machine tool setters, home appliance repairers and textile knitting machine operators.
The company expects net sales to decline 1-2%, from previous guidance calling for a 1-2% increase.
The banks, all the big banks anyway, carry their mortgage books with an assumption that home prices would decline peak-to-trough 30%, 31%.
The rate of decline of most T-cell and B-cell lymphocytes was faster in men, while men also showed a more rapid age-related decline in two cytokines.
However, since Apple will not benefit from delayed purchases as it did in the fourth quarter of 2011, Gartner analysts expect its sales to decline quarter-on-quarter.
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After a near decade-long decline, any uptick--or at the very least, stabilization--is cause for celebration, particularly in an otherwise bleak era for broadcast television and the studios that supply them with shows.
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's February index of business activity, an indicator of business conditions for manufacturers in the region, posted a surprise decline to -12.5, while a positive reading had been expected.
The company may have an opportunity to edge up its lead in the upcoming quarter as Gartner analysts expect iPhone sales to decline quarter-on-quarter and smaller competitors, whose devices can run on Android, become more aggressive.
There is an annualized -12% decline in mobile minutes consumed by iPhone users in Finland vs. a -7% decline in America.
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Zillow is predicting the non-seasonally adjusted 20-City Composite Home Price Index will decline by 3.2% on a year-over-year basis, while the 10-City Composite Home Price Index will show a year-over-year decline of 2.7%.
Returning to our current debacle, physical investment started a sustained and soon-to-be precipitous decline just before mid-year of 2007.
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Federico Lombardi, has acknowledged Benedict's post-retirement decline but insists the 86-year-old German isn't suffering from any ailment and is just old.
In its most recent quarter, however, CLD actually saw coal volume from its company-owned mines decline due to flood-related disruptions in rail transportation resulting from unusually heavy rain activity in the Midwest.
In the first scenario of a steady, extended climb in rates, the firm found that investors would likely see the value of investments in mutual funds that hold short-term or medium-term bonds decline over a three-year period, while holders of stable-value accounts would see their balances continue to grow steadily.
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