Sentence examples for despite slashed from inspiring English sources

Despite slashed expectations, oil and gas can still weigh given $43 [West Texas crude price].

In 1929, the relatively new American automotive industry sold a then-record 5 million cars, according to a quick Google search; in 1930, despite slashed prices, the number of cars sold dropped to 2 million.

On Wednesday, Canon raised its net income projection for the past fiscal year, despite slashing its sales target 15 percent because of sluggish sales of its digital cameras.

It was notable for cutting taxes, but also for recording a fiscal deficit despite slashing services.Mr Harper clearly hopes to run a tight ship.

Ford still posted a pretax loss of $3.5 billion in its North American market, despite slashing 32,800 hourly jobs through buyouts and retirements.

In 1956, Tenley Albright won gold at the Cortina Games despite slashing her leg to the bone with a skate blade days before the competition.

But the college failed to attract more than 200 students by the time of its takeover despite slashing fees to £9,250.

Denmark's Maersk Oil bought half of Africa Oil's stakes in three Kenyan licences and another two Ethiopian licences, paying up to $845m £559mm) for the privilege despite slashing costs in keeping with the industry trend.

Despite slashing the dividend by 68%, Standard & Poor's ultimately downgraded GE debt to AA+.

In Philadelphia, officials expect to maintain the parks department's core services despite slashing at least $7 million from the fiscal year 2010 budget.

Despite slashing its full-year forecast and same-store sales expectations on Tuesday, West Marine is staying afloat after an upgrade today.