Sentence examples for Sales lowered from inspiring English sources

Its sales, lowered by the Lyondell deal, declined by 11percentto to $16 billion, from $18 billion.

C1 Profit Warning From Sun Sun Microsystems, citing slower than expected European sales, lowered earnings forecasts for the current quarter and gave updated projections as low as one-third of what industry analysts had expected.

Others may see falling sales, lower profits and layoffs.

That represents 22percentt of sales, lower than the 23percentthatat many analysts had expected.

[C4.] BellSouth Profit Rises Despite Hurricane Impact The BellSouth Corporation said that profit rose 2.3percentt in the third quarter, though Hurricane Katrina pushed sales lower.

Intel attributed the improvement in gross margin to higher microprocessor sales, lower start-up costs related to Intel's move to 45-nanometer manufacturing, and lower unit costs.

"Housing figures were mixed this month, with existing home sales lower than expected and new home sales higher," Robert Van Order, Freddie Mac chief economist, said.

The company, which is being investigated by the United States Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission and Dutch prosecutors, also restated sales lower for the last two years.

[C5.] Economy Shows Signs of Picking Up Its Pace A series of economic reports showed rising retail sales, lower initial unemployment claims and continuing low inventory levels.

Stagnant demand in the West and Southeast, where the housing market has been hit hardest, dragged the company's overall sales lower.

Three weeks ago, the company reported first-quarter numbers that far exceeded analysts' expectations (higher sales, lower expenses), prompting stories that brought back the heady days of 1998.