Sentence examples for counter a decline from inspiring English sources

The burger chain unveiled plans to counter a decline which saw it report its first quarterly loss in January.

The Bank of Ireland plans to cut 2,100 jobs, or 12percentt of its work force, to counter a decline in profits from lending and meet the growing threat of competition.

Avaya Inc. said that it would cut an additional 2,000 jobs, adding to 3,000 cuts announced last month, as the maker of telephone equipment for businesses seeks to counter a decline in sales.

Mr. O'Neill, a Democrat who governed the nation's most affluent state throughout the 1980's, suffered a sharp drop in popularity last year after pushing nearly $1 billion in tax increases through the General Assembly to counter a decline in revenue caused by the economic slowdown in the Northeast.

At No. 3, Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo is the highest-ranked woman in business as she expands the food and beverage giant internationally to counter a decline in Americans' preference for soda and chips.

HOUSTON — The ailing American coal industry, which has pinned its hopes on exports to counter a declining market at home, is scaling back its ambitions as demand from abroad starts to ebb as well.

Yet now the state must struggle to appease its foreign creditors, counter a declining economy, and contain a discontented citizenry.

Newspaper advertising revenue increased, as advertising by hardware and home improvement stores countered a decline in automotive ads, while circulation fell, the company said.

Samsung Electronics, the semiconductor and flat-screen maker, posted a smaller drop in fourth-quarter profit than analysts estimated as liquid-crystal display earnings countered a decline in chip prices.

The industry has been hunting for ways to counter a crippling decline in advertising.

The gain in high-speed users helped counter a 3.4percentt decline in dial-up subscribers.