For the first three months of 1996, total ad pages fell 3.9 percent, to 47,338, from the corresponding period a year earlier.

For the first seven months of 1996, total ad pages fell 1.4 percent, to 115,567, from the corresponding period last year.

Overall car and truck sales fell 3.8 percent, or 51,000 vehicles, from the period in 2000.

For the first 11 months of 1996, total ad pages fell 1 percent, to 193,242, from the corresponding period a year earlier.

Sales fell 35 percent in the first six months of 2006 from the period a year earlier.

Sales of new cars and light trucks fell 8.2 percent in early May from the comparable period a year ago.

Earnings for the second quarter fell 6.7 percent from the corresponding 1996 period.

Expenses at the investment bank fell 17 percent in the first quarter from the period a year earlier.

Net revenue in the third quarter fell more than 10 percent from the same period a year earlier.

For the first two months of 1996, total ad pages fell 4.6 percent, to 28,750, from the corresponding period a year earlier.