Sentence examples for has weighed down from inspiring English sources

The acquisition spree has weighed down Mecom's balance sheet with debt.

The cost of remodeling -- $600,000 a store, according to the company -- has weighed down its balance sheet.

The company has struck a deal with GE Capital that will eventually remove from its books most of the equipment financing that has weighed down the balance sheet.

That has long been an important marker for the company, which has sought to shed a "Government Motors" stigma that it believes has weighed down car sales.

Sears Holdings announced on Thursday that it would spin off part of its Canadian unit, a poor performer that has weighed down the struggling retailer.

But a conflict between her government the country's farmworkers has weighed down her popularity, and her economic policies are beginning to limit foreign investment.

Those factors have weighed down Google's stock, which has underperformed the Nasdaq this year after getting a big boost late last year.

Her past was intriguing as well, and it was something that had weighed down on her for all her life.

Six months after that, not only was Social Security privatization dead: its staggering unpopularity had weighed down the entire administration.

Goldman Sachs on Tuesday said it had a strong comeback for the third quarter of 2012, buoyed by private equity holdings that had weighed down its earnings a year ago.

The mortgage insurance business represents just 7 percent of Genworth's revenue, according to Thomson Reuters data, but its losses have weighed down the company.