The revenue decline might be arising from a multitude of factors, namely increasing competition from display advertising giants such as Facebook and Google, as well as gloomy economic environment affecting the online advertising industry as a whole.

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Dr. Ruqyia Saeed Hashmi, Balochistan Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination, pointed out that deteriorating security situation in her province is negatively affecting the environment for conductive delivery of education, particularly attendance of teachers and students in the schools.

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Mr. Lieber said a slower-than-anticipated recovery has made for a more-challenging environment, and "the predominant factor" affecting all new projects is that companies are increasingly choosing to renew their leases instead of move.

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Across the United States and the world, climate change is already affecting communities, livelihoods, and the environment.

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"This lake to me is a bit of an ecological disaster because we really don't understand how it's affecting all the various species that do live naturally within this environment, " she said.

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