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NBTY muscles up Q3 web sales

In the third quarter NBTY’s web sales rose by 35% to $24.7 million from $18.3 million in the prior year. In comparison, same-store sales in North America declined by 6% while total revenue grew by 6.4% to $535 million for the third quarter ended June 30 from $503 million in the prior year. Net income declined to $46 million in the third quarter from $51 million in the prior year.

Moore: PC sports market has declined

Consoles like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 have lured sports gamers away from a PC market already moving towards a download model and under threat from piracy, forcing developers to prioritise other formats.

Online sales drop 17.1% in second quarter at Design Within Reach

Online sales declined by about 17.1% in the second quarter at contemporary furniture retailer Design Within Reach Inc., to $6.3 million from $7.6 million in Q2 2007. The web accounted for 13.3% of the company’s sales in the latest quarter vs. 15.5% a year ago.

Asian stocks slip led by Mitsui O.S.K., Sanyo Electric

Asian stocks declined in early trade on Friday after UBS reduced its rating on Japan`s leading shipping lines Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, while Sanyo Electric, the world`s biggest rechargeable batteries maker, posted a decline in operating profit.

iPhone kill switch unconfirmed all around

California's Apple Corp. declined to make an official comment on the so-called kill switch discovered in the company's new iPhone.

The puzzle of home price measures

U.S. home prices declined 15.3 percent, 8 percent or 4.6 percent from April 2007 to April 2008, according to Standard & Poor's, the National Association of Realtors and the U.S. government, respectively.

Would a VMware Acquisition of Red Hat Go Anywhere?

OStatic: "While both companies have declined to comment, the prospect could make a lot of sense for VMware for several reasons."

Cleese's lemur honour

The 68-year-old, who declined a CBE in 1996, spoke out as he visited Bristol Zoo Gardens, where he first saw a lemur as a boy.

Good news for coffee drinkers

Starbucks’ sales and earnings have declined as cash-strapped consumers facing record gasoline prices pull back on gourmet coffee and other luxuries. The company still plans to open 200 other company-owned stores through September 2009.

Working With Windows and Linux, Playing With the Mac

"First, Linux and Windows have declined as a trend since 2004, while Apple has boomed."

Robots on the Move

The headlines blared: "North American Robot Orders Declined 17% in First Quarter." Bad news? Yes, but the good side is that "non-automotive orders jumped 36%, an encouraging sign," says Jeffrey A. Burnstein, executive vice president of trade group Robotic Industries Association (RIA).

T-Mobile To Launch First Google-powered Mobile

(DT), T-Mobile's German parent, declined to comment on the launch date for the device which is made by mobile phone maker HTC.

DNA Stool Screening Test for Colorectal Cancer

The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services has declined to expand the Medicare Part B colorectal cancer screening benefit to include coverage of PreGen-Plus™ , a commercially available screening DNA stool test, as an alternative to a screening colonoscopy or a screening flexible sigmoidoscopy.

Ebay Falls To Weekly Low

(RTTNews) - Ebay (EBAY: News, Chart, Quote ) has declined steeply amid heavy volume during the first 25 minutes of trading. The stock is at its lowest level in a week, down 76 cents at $24.41.

Appeals court sends wiretap case back to lower court

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday declined to rule on whether lawsuits seeking to target President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping are covered by secrecy laws or can be challenged in court.

Appeals court sends wiretap case back to lower court

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday declined to rule on whether lawsuits seeking to target President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping are covered by secrecy laws or can be challenged in court.

iPhone kill switch unconfirmed all around

CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 8 (UPI) -- California's Apple Corp. declined to make an official comment on the so-called "kill switch" discovered in the company's new iPhone.

iPhone Affects KDDI's Net Subscription Growth

The number of new mobile phone subscriptions in Japan declined 21% year-on-year to 391,500 in July 2008, according to the research conducted by the Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA).

T-Mobile to launch first Google-powered mobile

A spokesman for Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's German parent, declined to comment on the launch date for the device which is made by mobile phone maker HTC.

New Niche: The Business of Politics

For nearly three decades, voter turnout among young Americans steadily declined; it seemed that people under 30 just didn't care about elections or political issues. But the tide started turning in 2004, when voter turnout among 18- to 29-year-olds was higher than any year except 1992.

Zimbabwe: Country's Art Enjoys Popularity Internationally

ALTHOUGH the influx of foreign tourists into the country has declined in recent years, Zimbabwean art, however, continues to enjoy massive popularity on the international art scene.

Zim art enjoys popularity internationally

ALTHOUGH the influx of foreign tourists into the country has declined in recent years, Zimbabwean art, however, continues to enjoy massive popularity on the international art scene.

Sector Snap: Electronic retailers mostly decline

Shares of electronic retailers headed toward a lower finish on Monday, as stocks on Wall Street declined amid more signs of weakness in the financial sector.

Shoot My Blog's Game Plan Could Use a Little Something Extra

Renaud, the author of Shoot My Blog, asked a bunch of other bloggers (including us; we declined) to shoot a digital photo of something with his blog in the background. Here are the results.

RED PLANET: Phoenix lander may have found toxic substance on Mars

Last week, NASA said Phoenix had provided definitive proof that water exists on Mars. A NASA spokeswoman declined to characterize perchlorate, a potentially toxic substance, as detrimental to life.


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