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If such a string of incidents had struck a company providing a service in almost any other industry, market share would have plummeted.

That turned out to be ABC's undoing, as the network eventually plummeted in ratings due to lack of new programming.

But this year, she said, her grades have plummeted. All her efforts at creativity, she said, come to "failure, failure, failure. "

Mining firms' shares, which plummeted in response to the credit crunch, have perked up a lot since the beginning of the year.

But the idea that the company as a whole might be taken over has become significantly more likely as its share price has plummeted.

Officials say the water level that covers the rods plummeted in at least one of the storage pools, forcing them to inject new water.

Even prices, which have plummeted to levels not seen since the beginning of the decade, show evidence of stabilizing.

Citigroup's stock plummeted last week to its lowest level since December 1992, raising doubts about the bank's ability to survive.

Yet the synchronisation and speed with which exports from countries across the world have plummeted is striking.

Federal Reserve Bank. Earlier this week most Asian stock exchanges plummeted on fears that the U. S. credit crisis is far from over.

Solyndra, though, struggled to make its solar tech affordable, and when prices for traditional panels plummeted, the company went bankrupt.

JP Morgan Japan estimates corporate profits have fallen approximately 5% in the last six weeks as the U. S. dollar has plummeted.

Since 2005 the government has wanted to drive up the consumption share of GDP, and yet it has plummeted.

Do not put mitigation of natural disasters have been hard-body plummeted to a one!

Japanese industrial production has plummeted almost 40% and with it, the demand for robots.

When several creditors collapsed, the bank's shares plummeted.

Not fresh, non-nutrition and that have preservatives, coupled with the proliferation of inferior goods, so canned value plummeted.

And yes, our portfolios have plummeted, but most of us can say that at least we didn't invest with Bernie Madoff.

Since he took over from Tony Blair in 2007, his popularity has plummeted.

The Dow plummeted nearly 800 points a few weeks ago -- and then just as dramatically rocketed back up again.

Exports fell by 2. 2% last month from a year ago; imports plummeted by an astonishing 17. 9%.

A year ago the art world gasped as the market plummeted.

It has now plummeted a full percentage point in four months, a feat unmatched since early 1984 and a fact Mr Obama made sure to point out.

Given that growth forecasts had since plummeted, this was now looking "optimistic" , Mr Ryder told the FT.

Public support for his administration plummeted, from over 75% after his election to less than 20% by the time he bowed out.

Because this was a very volatile trade, the price of heating oil soon plummeted.

Suddenly the boat plummeted between two swells, knocking me off-balance.

As stocks plummeted this summer, investors shifted a mountain of money from stocks into bank accounts and government bonds.

Velocity rose sharply from 1990 to 1997 and then plummeted; the Fed offset that and kept inflation stable, he said with praise.

As easy credit dried up and commodity prices plummeted, over-leveraged oligarchs were forced to turn to the government for bail-out loans.

As the value of those contracts plummeted, AIG found itself facing insolvency. And taxpayers found themselves paying the bill.

Hence Wolseley has seen demand for its products dry up as the number of new homes being built has plummeted.

But when the stock market plummeted and the economyimploded in October of that year, funding for the line evaporated.

Apple's share plummeted after Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of the company.

The Detroit area housing market, already deeply depressed, has plummeted since the buyouts.

In recent months, the number of apartment sales has plummeted and the amount of new space under construction has also fallen.

Brazil's commodity exporters were hit by a fall in demand from Asia. Once again confidence plummeted as money left the country.

According to IRRI, global rice prices have hit record highs while supply has plummeted to its lowest levels in a decade.

In the Pacific, the number of leatherback turtles has plummeted in the last three decades.

Drug use has plummeted: one year into the programme, 80% of the probationers have been drug-free for three months or more.

In many African countries, where investment plummeted after the end of the Cold War, China's interest was hugely appreciated.

In the aftermath of the failure of Lehman Brothers, exports plummeted across the board.

Stocks plummeted in the spring after Greece required an emergency bailout to deal with its debt crisis.

Then a sheet of steel plummeted from the 18th floor, landing in a baseball field where a Little League game was being played.

The relationship between the two plummeted to new lows during the recent mayoral race.

Visitor numbers to the province subsequently plummeted, and since then Xinjiang has remained effectively isolated from the outside world.

I love that Junior and his girlfriend broke up, the grades plummeted Wu Geng Lin.

The share prices of those firms have plummeted since then, making the funds more cautious about investing further.

During the most recently measured six-month period alone, sales of the weekday paper plummeted thirteen per cent.

Blockbuster's share price plummeted by 77% in a day, causing the suspension of trading in its stock.

Teachers gradually take care of me, I will be more indulgent of his behavior, grades are even more plummeted.

On the supply side, fishermen complain that the size of the bluefin they are catching has plummeted in recent years.

Stockmarkets tumbled around the world (though some Asian bourses were closed) and the oil price plummeted to well under $100 a barrel.

Exports of manufactured goods to western Europe have plummeted; remittances from migrant workers employed there will also surely fall.

When economic crisis hit in 2008, demand for the basic chemicals used in everything from paints to plastic bags plummeted.

The stock market plummeted again yesterday. Several listed companies plagued by rumors of financial crisis saw their prices nosedive.

Residential investment never fell much in low-debt counties while it plummeted during the crisis in high-debt counties.

Wishing for immense virtual profits, China's young entrepreneurs have plummeted into the Internet business.

When the U. S. real estate bubble burst and economies reeled, commodities plummeted.

As he plummeted downward he saw a large sign on the ground that read, "Chinese Torture 3: Right testicle tied to bedpost. "

Cotton prices rose sharply and plummeted, cotton production ups and downs, and difficulty selling and buying cotton alternated.

Property-related revenue plummeted and the banking system came close to collapse.

So, grant-Hill deformation become gentleman version of Bruce-Mr BARMA, make ginobili of shooting efficiency plummeted to Ali ligation.

As the Web has grown, the cost of getting a new application online has plummeted.

But even before this controversy, his popularity had plummeted and political gaffes had almost destroyed his credibility.

Emerging markets stocks and currencies plummeted on Monday, after the downgrade of the US's credit rating by Standard & Poor's.

After the global financial crisis hit, Dongguan's exports plummeted by about 25 percent. Thousands of factories simply closed.

If the conservative cartoon fan Taro Aso wins, initial support rate could be higher than Fukuda whose support rate has plummeted to 29%.

But when I arrived, my mood plummeted. The road was filled with runners in a race while the cyclists were relegated to a single lane.

The year after France discontinued a similar programme back in the 1990s, car sales plummeted 20%.

The 35-year-old lost his footing at a summit near Ben Nevis in the Highlands and plummeted down the near-vertical eastern slope.

Russian oil output collapsed after the breakup of the former Soviet Union when the price of crude plummeted and investment dried up.

But the year saw great struggles for both the UK and global car industry, as sales plummeted and production was scaled back or halted.

Denmark, Germany, France, Britain, Poland, Austria and other countries experienced a rare snowstorm, the temperature plummeted.

Students in this situation, results are often not seen progress, and even plummeted, resulting in very weariness.

House prices have plummeted, leaving many householders in negative equity. Around 40% of the new banks' assets are non-performing.

Weak construction activity in China is one of the reasons why global commodity prices have plummeted in recent months.

As food supplies surged (and demand, hit by the global recession, stagnated), prices plummeted.

As the dollar plummeted, the number of cross-border deals rocketed.

The result has been that the number of international applications this year to US schools has plummeted, often by about 20 per cent.

Russia defaulted on its debt. Its currency plummeted. Global investors were stunned.

A recent survey revealed that the divorce rate has rocketed as women's financial dependence on men has plummeted .

Local authorities are assessing sections where water levels have plummeted to ensure vessels' safe passage.

International equity issues plummeted to near zero in August and September, and stock market prices fell in all major emerging markets.

Demand for Japanese products around the world has plummeted.

Banking has plummeted in the public's estimation. Only two years ago, it enjoyed an overall positive rating from 30% of people.

Though, to be fair, bond values actually plummeted after the Nazis rolled in.

The oxygen content initially produced by the algae plummeted rapidly by the close of the first day.

The cost of living has skyrocketed. Income levels have plummeted.

Their cholesterol levels plummeted. Their angina disappeared.

An enemy plane, enveloped in a black cloud of smoke, swiftly plummeted towards the ground.

The number of Korean visitors plummeted during South Korea's recent economic woes.

Automated solutions ensured a nearly perfect degree of accuracy and redo costs plummeted to near zero.

With each new proposal, the popularity of the Socialist government has plummeted.

Populations of the light blue-gray animal, which lives in China's polluted Yangtze River, have plummeted over the last 30 years.

Egyptian stock market plummeted in two days has been closed after more than two weeks.

One witness described how it plummeted from the sky, possiblyafter engine problems or a fire on board.

When internet firms' share prices plummeted, telecoms investors suffered too.

As unemployment rates tick steadily higher, starting salaries have plummeted.

Interest in single sciences (physics, chemistry, biology) has also plummeted.

Fishermen blasted officials after octopus prices plummeted.

Teacher absenteeism plummeted, as measured by random audits, and the class test scores improved markedly.

In tonnage terms, the amount of gold used for jewelry plummeted by 35% between 2005 and 2009.

Hotel rates since have plummeted by double-digit percentages in many key business travel markets.

If the contract or transaction the weak, incompetent and cotton prices will demand plummeted.

Long-term dependence on U. S. and European markets plummeted Indian software outsourcing orders.

Her grades plummeted and she became a social recluse, abandoning all of her friends.

But he wants in the Lipitor patent expires, to avoid Pfizer's sales plummeted, I am afraid, will have to do more.

By the end of the year, she notes, yields had spiked to 8. 9%, as the dollar plummeted an additional 11%.

The cable's middle plummeted toward the street pulling the friends on the other tower to the very edge.

When night fell , countless bright stars glittered in the clear sky and the tropical temperatures plummeted .

SINCE the 1970s China's birth rate has plummeted while the number of elderly people has risen only gradually.

The jet plummeted into a row of houses.

Shares of both TomTom and Garmin plummeted Wednesday after Google's announcement.

It is the economy center during the planed economy. But the three provinces' condition plummeted since the late 1970s.

High-tech stocks plummeted across the board today.

Police in Canada say two people were killed when this hot-air balloon caught fire and plummeted to the ground.

House prices have plummeted, leaving many householders in negative equity.

In most Western democracies, fertility rates have plummeted as wealth has increased.

The country's food situation has plummeted in the recent years owing to insufficient rains and rough climatic changes.

and when the capital markets plummeted, financial derivatives have also disappeared.

Bangladesh's tiger population has plummeted because of a shrinking habitat and dwindling food supplies.

Both the Tories and their Liberal Democratic appendage have plummeted in the opinion polls.

Shares on the Tokyo stock exchange plummeted 13%. The leading Nikkei index had already fallen by 7% on Monday.

Infection rates plummeted when they started washing their hands with chloride of lime when they entered the ward.

Feeling that their efforts were not recognized or appreciated, morale plummeted.

Amazingly, underground water tables that plummeted after the droughts of the 1980s had now begun recharging.

It's unwise to further alienate Turkey, where public approval of Washington has plummeted.

Meanwhile, intelligence suggests that job applications have plummeted from the best students to work in the best paying banks.

I had no time for any sports, and my physical activity plummeted.

But the S&P index of financial sector equities plummeted 5% to its lowest level since January 1995.

Once again confidence plummeted as money left the country.

His income fell sharply , his retirement account plummeted 60% and he lost $500, 000 selling an investment property in a short sale .

Her spirits plummeted at the thought of meeting him again.

Until the Japanese surrender in 1945, counterfeit currency plummeted.

With the Fed's dramatic reversal, stocks soared and interest rates plummeted.

Oil has plummeted in value, closely followed by coal and just about anything industrial.

Sales quickly plummeted thereafter and many orders were canceled, he added.

The list was heavily weighted toward technology, and most stocks plummeted.

In 2008, platinum plummeted from record highs to fall below the price of gold, said Deutsche Bank analyst Michael Lewis.

On Wall Street, stocks plummeted before and during the vote. The Dow finished with a loss of more than 700 points.

The weather getting colder, the temperature plummeted.

Opinion polls suggest the public's trust in business has plummeted.

Peru, Brazil and Chile also witnessed record temperatures. The temperature in Peru has even plummeted to minus 20 degrees.

The stock market, a barometer of business confidence, has plummeted 20 percent in the six weeks since President Obama took office.

Foreign demand has faltered for some commodities and plummeted for others.

For example, prices have plummeted in Portugal's Algarve and are now 3. 5 per cent less than a year ago, despite the weaker pound.

They retaliated by erecting their own trade barriers, and within three years international trade plummeted by nearly 70 percent.

Gap shares fell 7 percent. The clothing chain reported an unexpected same-store sales drop as shopper traffic plummeted.

While other sectors plummeted, housing stayed strong.

Stock markets plummeted Friday, as fears of recession continue to spread.

Low-income countries suffered a double hit as aid flows remained depressed while the prices of their commodity exports plummeted.

Shortly afterward, it sank $5 billion into Morgan Stanley. The shares of both firms plummeted.

Meanwhile, sales of even six-cylinder vehicles have plummeted over the past five years, from 40% of the market to 25%.

Values for office space have plummeted as corporations reduce staff.

American shares plummeted on August 28th partly because Merrill Lynch's Guy Moszkowski cut his rating on several banks.

The high level of nervousness about the market was revealed last November, when shares in Sotheby's plummeted 28 per cent in a day.

On Friday, the Dow plummeted more than 500 points in the last hour of trading.

In 1998, he was lucky to survive when his balloon plummeted into the sea.

But sales of new housing in China have plummeted in recent months as buyers get spooked by a deteriorating economy and weakening prices.

Tourism plummeted along the Gulf of Mexico.

the divorce rate has rocketed as women's financial dependence on men has plummeted.

China's domestic steel prices plummeted by an average of 12 percent between Oct. 6 and Oct.

During the next 8 years, the price even plummeted to 200 tael.

member states issued too many permits , and the price of carbon plummeted.

Domestic stock exchanges have lost 65 percent of their value, and real estate sales have plummeted.

Living standards have risen while poverty has plummeted.

The market reacted immediately and the stock price of Enron shares plummeted.

Since the disease's discovery in 1996, their numbers have plummeted by 70 percent.

As Zijin's shares plummeted, many villagers felt they had missed their chance of riches.

They have plummeted in recent months, as markets have become more gloomy about the economy and consumer price inflation has slid toward 0%.

Tourism to Sichuan province plummeted, resulting in losses of more than $18 billion, according to state-run newspaper China Daily.

Shares on the Tokyo stock exchange plummeted 14% before recovering slightly.

Prices plummeted in the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008 but the setback was short-lived.

Investors also point to the 1980 bubble, when gold peaked at $850 an ounce and plummeted by 60 per cent in one year, as an aberration.

Public discontent, unsurprisingly, is rising, while trust in the government has plummeted along with the economic figures.

GM shares plummeted on the surprisingly weak sales of autos in the most recent period.

It is true that many of them fled the market when prices plummeted but as the report points out, so did other traders.

In the first two years after the offering, the stock plummeted 95%.

The dam collapsed, and the water plummeted irresistibly.

Youth murders plummeted. Long-term studies show a two-thirds drop.

Nor have home prices plummeted as they have in other states.

The trap activated again as Beetles plummeted to the floor.

And the divorce rate among college-educated women has plummeted.

In Asia, as cereal yields rose, poverty rates plummeted.

Sales have plummeted because we all stream our video or get discs by mail.

WHAT WENT WRONG As home prices and the stock market plummeted in the fall of 2008, Ms. Kero's clients began cutting back.

PDVSA complains that the oil-services firms did not cut their prices when the oil price plummeted last year.

Shares plummeted. So did housing markets, but not in France.

Confidence has plummeted to extreme lows and it will be several months before appetite for risk trades returns.

Since then, polysilicon prices have plummeted to about $55 a kilogram.

In January industrial output plummeted by 16%, its steepest fall in years.

It's no surprise his informal employee approval rating plummeted to just 25%.

European banks have plummeted.

The stock has plummeted to the lowest level in history.

Consumer confidence has plummeted with the value of 401K plans and retirement nest-eggs.

After the global financial crisis hit, Dongguan's exports plummeted by about 25 percent.

Last time this happened, between 1645 and 1715, global temperatures plummeted and the River Thames froze over every winter.

And over the past 30 years, the price of carbonated soft-drinks has plummeted.

Oil fell steeply to trade below $126 a barrel, while gold plummeted $18 dollars to $875 before recovering to $883 by lunchtime in New York.

The amount of money controlled by the elite group has plummeted from $4. 4tn to $2. 4tn.

Consumer confidence has plummeted with the value of 401(k) plans and retirement nest eggs.

But during the 2008 crash, gold stocks plummeted even further than the metal.

Stock markets have plummeted.

They took out a mortgage they understood to buy a home they could afford, and it plummeted in value.

At one point, the Dow Jones industrials plummeted more than 500 points, joining a global market plunge sparked by concerns of cooling U.

CRC's share price plummeted by nearly 14% on October 26, the day after the announcement, and has yet to recover.

When the recession hit, demand for cars plummeted.

For the three months ended March 31, Nokia's profit plummeted to 122 million euros ($161. 3 million) from 1. 22 billion euros a year ago.

The sale volume has plummeted in this quarter.

Remittances from the diaspora have plummeted and GDP is expected to grow by only 1. 5% this year.

Imports of crude oil and other fuels plummeted as demand dropped.

House prices have plummeted in this area.

sea otter populations along some Aleutian Islands have plummeted by as much as 90 percent in the past decade.

Sales have plummeted because we all stream our video or get discs bymail.

The economy plummeted 23. 2 percent in the first quarter from the previous quarter, the Itar- Tass news agency reported.

The Mumbai exchange's benchmark Sensex index fell 7 per cent as shares in Satyam plummeted nearly 80 per cent.

The property market in Dubai has plummeted and we're still stuck in the economic winter.

But yields there have plummeted of late.

GDP plummeted by 18. 4% year on year , as the government slashed public spending and investment to get the budget deficit under control.

At 95 decibels reaction times to tasks that involve decision making plummeted by 20%.

Earlier this month it emerged the UK had plummeted to 23rd in the world education rankings.

MARKETS in Asia and Europe plummeted on Friday October 10th.

After modest deregulation began for big commercial users a decade ago, prices plummeted by 16% between 1999 and 2005.

In the three years after the end of the tech boom, federal tax revenues plummeted from 20 percent of GDP to 16 percent.

Australia's Fortescue Metals Group, a leading exporter of iron ore, plummeted 8. 1 percent.

U. S. housing prices have plummeted during the past year, and new figures show further sharp declines in America's biggest housing markets.

As the S& P 500 plummeted below 1000 in 2008 and stayed there for much of 2009, U. S. investors 'lost' trillions of dollars.

Not only has the economy entered a deep recession, but inflation has plummeted.

His approval rating has plummeted to below 20%.

A weak-willed man is easy to commit suicide once stock prices plummeted.

The number of planned coal plants across America has plummeted from 150 to 60 in the past five years.

P&G and its archrival Unilever, another global consumer-goods firm, had a grim time last year: profits plummeted.

Coffee prices have plummeted and are currently around $. 60-$. 70 per pound.

Libyan oil exports have plummeted from 1. 3 million barrels a day before the crisis.

Further price support came as the dollar plummeted to a record low against the euro.

Stock prices plummeted far further than he ever thought possible.

A plane plummeted to earth.

Another indication is the price of copper, which has plummeted to $2. 77 from over $3. 50 per pound in recent weeks.

Tire shipments in the U. S. plummeted 21. 1% from 2007 to 2009, according to Modern Tire Dealer, a trade publication.

Guangdong's high-tech exports plummeted 37 per cent year on year in January. In August, they improved 1. 3 per cent.

Government statistics show that exports plummeted 9. 6 percent in November when measured in yuan, the Chinese currency.

After the 1998 crisis Yeltsin's approval ratings, already in the dumps, plummeted from 15% to 1%.

Global ad spending plummeted 10%, according to ZenithOptimedia, a media-buying company owned by Publicis Groupe.

And when they went IPO, their stock was at about 30 or 40 dollars and then plummeted, and it's never traded above 10.

by 1990, that proportion had plummeted to 20 percent, according to the Census Bureau.

Helen: Well you could say 'the value of my company plummeted last year'.

Since announcing the $182 billion AOL Time Warner merger on Jan. 10, 2000, Time Warner stock has plummeted almost 90% to $23.

That percentage fell slowly until 1991 and then plummeted to just over 15 percent by 2003.

The stock plummeted more than 8% on July 26.