Sentence examples for an industry backdrop from inspiring English sources

Investors in International Oil Companies (IOCs ) are increasingly questioning allocation of shareholder capital to high cost, high risk projects such as offshore Arctic drilling against an industry backdrop of flat share prices and declining returns on equity even through a period of sustained $100/barrel oil prices.

James Collins at Stifel said: Management cautioned at the time of full year results that the start of the year "had been subdued, with sales lower year on year", citing a tough industry backdrop and the lag effect of a change in marketing phasing.

They'll do so against a grim industry backdrop.

However, Gikas expects sector fundamentals to improve between calendar 2007 and 2009, providing the necessary industry backdrop for management to execute a business turnaround.

"Given the industry backdrop and the comments about current trading, we believe this announcement is likely to fuel and advance bid speculation," said Andrew Walsh, an analyst at Bridgewell Securities, in a note today.

Despite the market backdrop for hedge fund sales being challenging and the risks at Man being finely balanced, we see upside being driven by the likely improvement in either the industry backdrop or the performance of AHL (or both).

Boyle has said he will only loosely adapt the original book, which makes sense as the porn industry backdrop that worked reasonably well in 2002 has since been swept away by the rise of free sites.

Whether Porno's sex industry backdrop has been retained or not, Boyle has clearly kept the storyline surrounding Francis Francoo" Begbie's return home after years in prison, and there's a strong suggestion that the now-ageing thug hasn't forgiven Rent Boy for ripping him off all those years ago.

Considering its profit momentum and favorable industry backdrop, the stock has further to go.

The backdrop of an industry in freefall is totally compelling; you can smell the blubber boiling.

Go-go bars with explicit sex shows form the backdrop for an industry that employs hundreds of thousands of Thai prostitutes.