Sentence examples for diminished earnings from inspiring English sources

Motorola reported late yesterday that it had slightly exceeded investors' diminished earnings expectations for the quarter that ended Sept. 30 but that it had fallen well short of Wall Street's revenue projections.

In contrast, storage vendor Seagate Technology seg sank after the company failed to meet analysts' already diminished earnings expectations.

But in the food industry, where growth of 5percentt is respectable these days, the specter of diminished earnings made investors uneasy.

The fallout is measured not only in diminished earnings but also in the banks' continued need to raise money to make themselves less vulnerable to risk and to set aside reserves to pay for any future legal scandals.

A significant injury during the franchise year would send a player into free agency with a likelihood of diminished earnings, rather than a chance at the lucrative contract he might have received if he had been allowed to test the market the previous year.

The planned cuts come just a week ahead of the release of fourth-quarter earnings, which are expected to show the gains the firm has made since the financial crisis in areas like stock trading, banking and wealth management but still will be weighed down by the diminished earnings power of its fixed income business.

But the old couple can look forward only to diminishing earnings and increasing medical expenses.

But attending institutions near the bottom of the list actually diminishes earnings.

We therefore think the UK business is at an inflection point and with the drag from the international businesses yet to reverse we see diminishing earnings growth.

Standard & Poor's lowered GE one notch to AA-plus from AAA, citing concerns about rising loan losses and diminishing earnings in its financial arm.

If the compensation level trends back toward 50% of revenues, it will diminish earnings per share and the stock's price.