Sentence examples for core franchise from inspiring English sources

"The sale of non-core assets would hurt that core franchise," he says.

Yet Oracle's fundamental business is corporate database software, while operating systems are Microsoft's core franchise.

Citi has returned to its core franchise of institutional and consumer businesses built upon its unique and unmatched global network.

"He is a young piece of our core franchise, and the early returns in the big leagues have been great," Rizzo said.

Its core franchise, meanwhile, faces a powerful challenge from I.B.M., which says Computer Associates is hurting its sales of new mainframes.

For Cephalon, a company in Frazer, Pa., whose business tactics have attracted federal attention, the approval for jet lag is part of a plan to extend patent protection for its core franchise in stay-awake drugs.

He cited disappointment with sales of "core franchises" of drugs.

Others bemoaned the fact that Kinect seemed primed to invade core franchises – Fable, Ghost Recon and Mass Effect among them.

Mr. Kotick sees it as a great complement to his company's core franchises: the skating game Tony Hawk, the war game Call of Duty, and the fledgling franchises of Guitar Hero and games based on the Shrek and Superman movies.

Fox gets some Christmas mileage out of one of its own core franchises with "Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas" (8 p.m. Thursday), a companion to the 20th Century Fox animated film series.

While its core franchises, Windows and Office, continue to generate profits for the company, Microsoft is struggling to adapt to some of the deeper changes in the technology industry in recent years, especially the shift to mobile devices.