Sentence examples for decline in the operating from inspiring English sources

The decline in the operating margin, which reflects acquisition integration costs and contract implementation costs, is unprecedented we believe.

Directory earnings rose 10.2%, but we note a 130 basis point decline in the operating margin with higher levels of advertising and change in sales mix all having a dilutive earnings margin effect.

The company blamed a nearly 40percentt increase in dairy prices for the steep decline in the operating earnings of its core North American cheese and food service division, where profit fell more than 53percentt in the fourth quarter.

For instance, the merger of two large construction-equipment companies led to a decline in the operating profit margin, but revenue growth increased by more than 18 percentage points.

Microsoft singled out an 18 percent decline in the operating income of its Windows division and a $900 million charge related to the slow-selling Surface tablet as reasons for giving Mr. Ballmer a smaller cash award.

It reflects what Fitch called "a continuing decline in the operating performance" of Interpublic, as well as "expectations that improvements to the balance sheet in 2003 will be more limited than previously anticipated" after a gloomy first-quarter report last week that included an unexpected net loss at the agency company.

There are already too many plants, as shown by a steady decline in the plants' average operating hours since 2013.

The legion has also seen a decline in the number of operating posts, dropping from 14,700 posts in 2000 to just under 13,800 this year, officials said.

Against this background, it is not surprising that in the World Nuclear Association's midcase scenario, both the United States and France show a gradual decline in the number of operating reactors over the next two decades.

Dec. 23: TPG dropped out from the bidding process, citing "concerns about the negative trends in gross margin and earnings in the PC business and the decline in the company's operating performance, including the decline in its operating margins".

When Dell announced in May 2006 that it would use A.M.D. products in its computers, Intel immediately cut its payments by a quarter of a billion dollars, an amount that accounted for three-quarters of the decline in Dell operating profits that period, the S.E.C. said.