Its domestic oil supplies are shrinking, and it has been trying to increase its resources beyond Malaysia and volatile areas like Sudan.
While the bank generally earns most of its profit from investment banking, it has been trying to build up less risky business like lending to consumers.
ALTHOUGH China likes most of its numbers to be big, it has been trying to reduce one of them: the size of the bad loans burdening its banks.
As the election nears, it has been trying to improve its credibility on the issue.
Like its main rivals, Tencent has mostly focused on the Chinese market, though it has been trying to expand its international presence.
It has been trying to show its resolve against corruption by pushing for the resignation of one of its own, B.S. Yeddyurappa, the chief minister of Karnataka state.
But in the past few decades, it has been trying to modify its long-standing image as "the place where fun goes to die".
It has been trying to spread its message internationally. .
It has been trying to compete with its better-known rivals in Salzburg, Austria and Bayreuth, Germany, both opera destinations.
Since then, it has been trying to build back its investment banking business amid an increased regulatory burden and a push to hold down compensation costs.
It has been trying to straighten out its financial reports as it is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission over an undisclosed accounting issue.
