Sentence examples for a major downsizing from inspiring English sources

BERLIN — Alcatel-Lucent, the struggling French telecommunications equipment maker, on Friday hired a former Vodafone and France Télécom executive, Michel Combes, to lead the company through what might be a major downsizing.

Five months later, Ellison's Oracle quietly acknowledged a major downsizing in an official federal regulatory filing.

The auction is one of many that the Postal Service expects to conduct as it begins a major downsizing effort aimed at aligning capacity with declining volume.

The vote came a day after the elder Chung said he and his other son would cede management control of South Korea's largest business conglomerate as part of a major downsizing effort.

Because this was a time of downsizing in Sweden, sickness presence could also be a potential confounding variable, indicated by a similar lack of effect of major downsizing on sickness absence rates.

He is taking a big chance that he can survive one more major downsizing at G.M. The automaker, which is subsisting on $15.4 billion in federal loans, needs more deep cuts to fulfill the restructuring requirements laid out by the Obama administration.

"No major downsizing is planned in the context of this combination," the company said.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is in the throes of major downsizing, shrinking its effectiveness.

But we've even heard that estate agents have visited the expansive London offices, which suggests major downsizing there.

Needless to say, requests for "recommendations" on LinkedIn between MySpace staff in Europe have soared, and we've even heard that estate agents have visited the expansive London offices, which suggests major downsizing there as well.

Rebuilding the company from the inside-out required major downsizing.