Sentence examples for faltering profits from inspiring English sources

The company's announcement last month -- coming eerily about the same time that another venerable name in the toy world, F.A.O. Schwarz, was declaring bankruptcy for the second time -- is indicative of the larger problems that Toys R UsUs has been facing for years: flat sales, faltering profits and declining stock value.

"A drop in refinery runs at the peak of summer driving season indicate refiners are dialing back amid faltering profit margins," said Matt Smith, analyst at New York-based oil cargoes tracker Clipperdata.

Last year, in the lawsuit brought against faltering for-profit giant ITT Tech by the New Mexico attorney general, ITT argued that the case should be stayed in favor of mandatory arbitration because New Mexico was suing to vindicate student claims, and the students' enrollment agreements required arbitration of disputes.

Back at the mill, a big source of this largesse, the business faltered and profits turned into losses–$55 million over the last two years of Howard's life.

But others say recent corporate announcements of steep reductions in capital spending, plus faltering sales and profits among technology companies, suggest there is something to the notion.

Aid inflows have slowed just when foreign investment has begun to falter, while profit remittances and interest rate payments abroad have risen, making LDCs "particularly vulnerable" to any reversal in the commodity price boom.

It also comes as Mattel is trying to bolster its profits amid faltering Barbie sales.

The Big Three's market share is dwindling and profits are faltering as foreign competitors like Toyota and Honda take more of the United States market.

As bank profits falter, consumers could also be affected.

If profits falter, firms respond by cutting investment or jobs.

profits faltered, stock prices of health insurers retreated.