While we expect gross margins (for both pharma and diagnostics) to decline going forward due to a change in product mix and pricing pressure, the decline may not be as steep as we had earlier anticipated and so we have slightly revised our gross margin expectation.
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The Asha line of mobile phones, which not only includes feature phones but also fully touch low-end quasi-smartphones, should help it compete directly with the cheap Android rivals that are infiltrating the market, thereby decreasing the pricing pressure and slowing down the decline in sales.
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With IT earnings expected to decline this indicates margin pressure in the sector.
Everywhere in the developed world, the decline of mass-production industries has put pressure on the roles and incomes of working-class and middle-class men.
If instead, prices reverse to the downside, either today or tomorrow, and the selling pressure is significant, it will favor a more significant decline.
This could further put a downward pressure on hotel revenue margins, which we estimate to decline on account of rising competition among various OTAs.
But when Newcastle needed to find inspiration in the second half, all that was on offer was an almost passive acceptance of their decline as they failed to exert any serious pressure on Villa - at times seeming barely aware of the fate that awaited them if they lost.
He is, though, likely to hear from his hosts about the market's control over the price of the dollar, to which oil producers in the region peg their currencies, and whose 30% trade-weighted decline in the past five years is putting inflationary pressure on domestic economies.
The rapid decline in U.S. emissions has taken some pressure off the White House after the 2010 failure of a cap-and-trade bill meant to put a price on carbon emissions.
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Priceline registered a marginal decline in operating margins in Q3 2012 and expects the downward pressure to persist in Q4 as well.
On the other hand, the decline in tablet pricing will be mainly a result of pricing pressure from other tablet vendors, and should not be as sever as that of desktop PCs.
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While module pricing may stabilize or decline more gradually over the year, we expect margins to remain under pressure.
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Net earnings from operations are expected to decline approximately 15 percent- 20 percent in the first quarter due to gross margin pressure and higher marketing-related costs, to be followed by earnings growth in all subsequent quarters.
It has taken on added importance recently because of fears that the decline in home prices will spill over and depress consumer spending, leading to major pressure on growth in the United States and countries that rely on American consumers to buy their exports.
An option trader looking to take advantage of a continued decline in MGM should consider a September 45 put, as an unwinding of bullish sentiment could pressure the stock lower over intermediate term.
With steel manufacturers already under pressure due to increased raw material prices, it was inevitable that they cut down on production to combat the decline in the steel prices.
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They decline significantly from one year to the next because each barrel of oil taken from a reservoir reduces the pressure within the field, leaving less force available to push the next barrel of oil up the well.
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