Yet the rise of the iPad was a major factor in the decline of another proprietary standard, Flash.
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Yet in the decline of Western power lie the seeds of hope for healthier relations in the future.
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An aim of the study is to better understand the part hedgehogs play in the decline of the birds.
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No-one can say for sure what, if any, active role modern humans had in the decline of Europe's Neanderthals.
"Severely compressed refining and marketing margins were experienced worldwide and were the primary driver in the decline, " chairman Lee Raymond said.
It is another sad chapter in the decline of a once-great company and a reminder of the risks involved in single stock concentration.
Big chains that desert High Streets in favour of larger regional outlets have also played a part in the decline of town centres.
Researchers cite the inability to reproduce academic studies as a leading cause in the decline of the success rate of phase two clinical trials.
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While the decline of 4.7% in its gross margins was primarily due to promotions to clear off piling inventory, rising cotton prices also contributed their bit in the decline.
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The most dramatic change shown in the chart is the decline in the top 1% of Swedish earners' share of total income to between 5%-10% in the 1960s from well over 25% in 1903.
This has shown up in the decline in the number of individuals trying to reach the U.S. in order to pursue their dreams, along with a rising number of native born Americans on the dole.
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The stocks that rise the most in the initial stage of a recovery will usually be those from the sectors that got beaten up the most in the decline and have a speculative quality to them.
But even if Employee Free Choice becomes law, it is unlikely on its own to indicate any long-term reversal in the decline of unionism, reckons Richard Epstein, a law professor at the University of Chicago who opposes the bill.
The primary factor in the decline in stock price for the two firms was the weak demand for coal freight services, a trend which will affect CSX in Q4 2012 and will likely to do so over the next few quarters.
E-communications provide some hope of keeping at bay all the forces which threaten the existence of diasporas, especially small ones: assimilation (seen in the decline of once-mighty tongues like Yiddish and Latino) and the danger of irrelevance as the world moves on.
But both venerable British savings institutions are in the decline in the UK. There are some who believe that most defined benefit schemes will be wound up within half a century, so they're unlikely to be buyers of debt that will outlive them.
Before getting into specific points I would like to reiterate that my argument is based on a conclusion that is supported by the academic literature: a shift from a domestic economy to a global economy has played a significant role in the decline of unionization.
That shows up clearly in the sharp decline in the CPI "core" index, which excludes food and energy, from 3.3% to 2.8%.
One recent opinion survey indicated that the French now regard honesty as the most important value in everyday life, and consider the perceived decline in honesty to be almost as regrettable as the decline in politeness.
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Pension provision in the private sector has been in drastic decline in the past two decades, with fewer than three million private sector workers now paying into a company pension scheme.
When I was growing up, the kind of people who today are lamenting the decline of physical books in the face of e-reading were busy bemoaning the decline of independent bookstores in the face of ruthless national chains.
The report didn't get much play in the press, and the decline in mortality has been overshadowed by the still-too-high rate of deaths in hospitals from infections contracted in the hospital.
The report didn't get much play in the press, and the decline in mortality has been overshadowed by the still too-high rate of deaths in hospitals from infections contracted in the hospital.
This was the main factor in the 80% decline in the Real Dow during this period.
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He also notes that the BlackBerry subscriber based slipped to 79 million from 80 million in the quarter, the first sequential decline in the past decade.
We are failing to do that right now, because we have not been offsetting the shift in wealth and the decline in wages that are being driven by advancing technology.
As Reich points out in his video, the decline in the American middle class has led to a strange phenomenon, whereby the victims of the policy identify politically with the folks who caused the problem.
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The rise in parcel deliveries is helping to offset the decline in the number of letters being sent.
In its August Inflation Report, the Bank of England said that household balance sheets had been weakened by the rapid growth in borrowing and the decline in equity markets.
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