In terms of copper, Barrick saw production slide to 112 million pounds, from 140 a year ago.
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Chevron saw profits slide while ConocoPhillips was still looking for firm footing after spinning off its downstream business.
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Brown, who was left out of the England 'elite squad' announced earlier this week, was pulling the strings for the visitors, but they missed a number of clear opportunities before Luke Dorn's pass saw Melling slide over with five minutes remaining to give Quins hope.
In North America, Halliburton saw sequential revenues slide 1% while operating income surged 30%.
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Firefox took 38.1% of the European market in December, while Internet Explorer saw its share slide to 37.5%.
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Market-leader and iPad-maker Apple saw its share slide to 43.6% from 51.7%, despite also seeing a jump in sales.
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March 2011 featured a five-day sell-off in FCX, while a correction in April saw Freeport McMoran slide for seven consecutive sessions.
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In a third experiment involving only women, those who saw a photo slide show on the recession rated more highly the importance of finding a mate with sound finances.
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While improved pricing and lower input costs helped the bottom line, Nike saw gross margins slide 30 basis points to 42.5% as higher labor costs, currency effects, and a transition to lower margin products and businesses took a toll on profits.
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Samsung also doubled its share of the tablet PC market to 15.1% in the last three months of 2012, while Apple saw its share slide to 43.6% from 51.7%, despite seeing a jump in sales, data released by IDC earlier this year showed.
Through the storefront glass, I saw a lecture and slide-show in action with students calmly looking at the screen.
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Even Hong Kong, whose economy has little in common with Thailand's or Indonesia's, saw its share index slide nearly 15% over three days.
Globally, News Corp. saw its latest quarterly profits slide 47 percent.
In the U.S., Chevron saw net oil equivalent production slide 11, 000 barrels per day to 663 million barrels as a consequence of increased maintenance activity in the Gulf of Mexico.
There was little let up in the flow of bad news as online broker Charles Schwab reported a 62% fall in profits, and telecoms group Sprint saw its some of its profits slide more than 70%.
And a wonderful one-two between Ashley Cole and Lampard almost saw the former tee up namesake Joe to slide in a second.
The latter saw a deflected strike from the edge of the penalty area slide wide of the target after a neat passage of play.
The company also reported on Tuesday its second fiscal quarter financial results, which saw a 2% decline in revenue, due to the continued slide in the sale of compact discs.
Last quarter saw the global IPO market weaken, raising fears that the dismal numbers could indicate a slide that might continue into the coming year.
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