Sentence examples for a difficult business environment from inspiring English sources

Pfizer faces a difficult business environment after the patent on Lipitor, the world's top-selling drug, expires in November 2011.

lives up to those responsibilities even in a difficult business environment — then I think I probably stack up pretty well".

The founder of Papa John's, John Schnatter, said the company performed well in a difficult business environment.

Wells Fargo executives said the strength of other parts of their franchise, like their retirement business and corporate bank, helped the bank power through a difficult business environment.

Newspapers around the country have been hit by a difficult business environment as once-lucrative advertising dollars have continued to migrate from print newspapers to the Internet.

In a statement, Ms. Wachner cited a "difficult business environment affecting the apparel industry in general" to explain the company's shortfalls and asserted that Warnaco had "more than adequate cash flow to support our businesses".

But they are also masking an increasingly difficult business environment, marked by rising costs, tightening access to oil fields, and declining profit for refineries.

ConocoPhillips "is planning for a prolonged and difficult business environment," Mr. Mulva told analysts during a conference call, noting that "2009 and 2010 will be very challenging for our global economy and the energy business".

It will also close 20 plants and sell several businesses in an effort to control costs during the difficult business environment.

It also planned to close 20 plants and sell several businesses in an effort to control costs during the difficult business environment.

An analyst at Argus Research, Phil Weiss, said Chevron was making the right move, but he questioned whether the producer would get a good price for the assets in the difficult business environment.