Sentence examples for a severe industry from inspiring English sources

Lucent has been losing billions of dollars each year and has cut about 75percentt of its work force because of a severe industry slump and serious business missteps.

The dramatic move is fueled by both internal church politics and a severe industry downturn that has forced a spate of big-city papers to shut down or declare bankruptcy.

The metamorphosis comes at a time when a severe industry slump has forced many of the industry's brightest stars out of business.

While both are experiencing a severe computer industry downturn, neither HP nor Compaq are losers.

The combination of weakness in the housing market, volatile gas prices, falling used vehicle values and a general economic slowdown contributed to one of the most severe industry downturns on record, he said, which carried over into the first half of 2009.

Harvard professor and corporate consultant Philip Drinker agreed that any codes should be merely "advisory and not mandatory", otherwise they would be "a severe burden on industry and an unfair one".

Few of the 30 companies in the Dow industrial index were spared Friday, reflecting growing concern among investors that the ongoing credit squeeze and record energy prices are taking a severe toll on industries throughout the economy.

"Their leaving is a severe blow for the industry.

The drop in demand and price has taken a severe toll throughout the industry.

The terrorist attacks have had a severe impact on our industry because so much of travel is based on safety.

"The last 12 months were a severe test for all industry players," Walter B. Kielholz, Swiss Re's chief executive, told reporters.