The phrase "a true operating" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a genuine or authentic operation, but the phrasing is awkward and lacks context.
Example: "The company prides itself on being a true operating entity in the tech industry."
Alternatives: "a genuine operation" or "an authentic operation".
Generally, it is very difficult to assess the true operating cost of an electrical power unit in the countries where there is little or no operational experience.
Or Apple could be much more ambitious, and the company could see an opportunity to really go for a true fusion operating system that would turn the MacBook Pro into a single continuous product line from the iPad, much in the vein of Microsoft's Surface product strategy.
Scott Kallemeyn, director of operations support at St . Lukes, says that the true operating margin is in the low single-digits.
"In a scheme directed and approved by its senior management, WorldCom disguised its true operating performance by using undisclosed and improper accounting that materially overstated its income," the S.E.C. said in its complaint.
Obviously, the true deficit or the surplus in the statement of financial performance is the difference between the true operating revenues R and the true operating expenses E. Therefore, using a simultaneous-equation model allows us to distinguish through which channel revenues and/or expenses additional depreciation charges eventually affect the (subsequent) financial performance.
Any sense of true operating independence was badly undermined last year, however, when the government imposed price caps on electricity, even as the utilities grappled with rising coal and oil prices.
Vonage has said it will show its first true operating profit in the first quarter of 2008.
This may lead to doubts about the controller behavior under true operating conditions.
While we believe the company will most likely exceed expectations, certain charge-offs related to acquisitions and stock-related compensation may blur its true operating performance.
The SEC case settled earlier was based on allegations that from at least 1997 through 2000, Xerox used a variety of what it called "accounting actions" and "accounting opportunities" to meet or exceed expectations of analysts and investors and to disguise its true operating performance.
