Solar-energy cell sales also fell due to weak demand in Europe amid its financial crisis.
Earnings per share fell due to an increase in the number of shares outstanding.
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For every 100 Euros lent to Greece a private lender would get back just 15 Euros in cash when the debt fell due.
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Hard-to-sell long-term securities had been bought with short-lived debt, which left borrowers vulnerable to a change in sentiment every time the debt fell due.
Demand in its home market France fell due to the impact of a tax rise on alcoholic beverages implemented at the beginning of the year.
Revenue from tax services increased due to a strong tax season in Australia, but corporate revenue fell due to lower interest income from the smaller mortgage portfolio.
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Gold and silver prices were able to hold above unchanged on the China monetary policy tightening moves, while other commodity markets fell, due to their safe-haven investment status.
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It fell in 2009 due to a fall in demand driven by high unemployment rates during the economic slowdown.
Net revenues in Europe were flat, where generic drugs fell 12 percent due primarily to a stronger dollar, and branded drug sales grew 46%.
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But he said this could spell trouble, if the value of the pound suddenly fell, perhaps due to speculation over euro entry, which could risk driving inflation up.
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) announced that fourth quarter profit fell by one percent due to growing medical costs.
General Dynamics (GD) announced that third quarter profit fell by 8 percent due to higher costs offsetting an increase in revenue.
Shipments of agricultural products fell by 4% due to lower demand for feed shipments after a surge in exports last year, the company said.
ConAgra Foods (CAG) reported on Tuesday that fiscal second quarter net income fell 15 percent mainly due to higher ingredient costs, but results beat expectations.
Pfizer (PFE) announced that its fourth quarter profit fell by half mainly due to one time charges, and the expiration of its patent on blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor.
Watch maker Movado Group (MOV) announced that profit in the fourth quarter fell by 26 percent due to a charge it took took as it repositioned the Coach watch brand.
Another year of sluggish return on investment (fell in calendar 2011 due to investments in price, e-commerce, etc.) as Wal-Mart places capital into a robust amount of international unit growth and profit dollars into lower prices.
Deere (DE) posted earnings which fell short of expectations, due to weakness in emerging markets.
They were largely stood down as darkness fell, with the situation due to be reassessed at 07:00 on Thursday.
The price of rice and dairy was unchanged, although meat fell 1.7% due to a slump in pork prices.
International revenue in stores open at least a year fell 6.6 percent due to weak results in Canada and China.
Li Ka-shing said on Tuesday the earnings from his ports-to-telecoms conglomerate fell 53%, mostly due to the absence of any sizable asset sales last year.
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As would be expected, shares of other Chinese VIE structures, including Baidu and Sina, fell to multi year lows due to these short term concerns.
However, revenues from international operations fell 14.0% due to the sale of company-owned operations in France and the Netherlands in the third quarter of 2006.
In corporate news this week, Best Buy (BBY) announced that net income during the quarter fell by 90 percent, due to weak sales and restructuring charges.
Welsh farmers requiring more than three days or more off work due to injury fell to 18, compared to 25 in 2009-10 and 29 in 2008-09.
Pork producer Smithfield Foods (SFD) reported a quarterly profit that fell short of expectations, due to weak retail demand in the U.S. The company missed revenue expectations as well.
In 2008, GDP fell more than 1% due to declining tourism and the initial effects of liberalization, but the economy recovered in 2010-11 after the reforms took hold and tourism increased.
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