Sentence examples similar to being flat to down from inspiring English sources

"EBay's margins are flat on the year, Google's are flat to down on the year, and Yahoo's margins are flat to down," Mr. Mahaney said.

It said it expected first-quarter 2011 same-store sales to be flat to down 2 percent.

For the last five quarters, profits have been flat to down in the context of a Goldilocks economy.

There may be some increase in the second half of this year, but next year spending will be flat to down.

"The increase was small, but the prediction direction was flat to down".

Over all, bonuses are expected to be flat to down 15percentt, according to compensation experts and Wall Street executives.

For 2010, Electronic Arts expects sales of industry-packaged games to be flat to down in the mid-single digits.

Coke said it expected costs for materials like corn syrup and aluminum to be flat to down slightly.

Britt Beemer, chairman of America's Research, estimates that the Christmas toy sales will be flat to down 2percentt.

Over the past 10 years, as the Seattle-area population exploded, circulation has been "flat to down," Mr. Sizemore said.

For 2011, it expects sales growth and per-share earnings growth to be in the low single digits, and operating profit to be flat to down 2 percent.