Last year, Microsoft was so desperate to shore up its lagging position in Web-search advertising that it offered more than $45 billion to buy Yahoo!, the No. 2 search player.
The lessons being taught in Mr. Whitaker's classroom have taken on new urgency this fall as Newton's administrators and teachers rally behind the school in an effort to turn around its lagging standardized test scores or risk being completely overhauled because it has been unable to meet federal testing benchmarks under the No Child Left Behind law.
Verizon officials have repeatedly said they needed major concessions from the landline division employees to keep that business competitive and to increase its lagging profitability.
Verizon maintains that it needs significant concessions from the employees who work for its landline division to increase its lagging profitability.
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The World Bank on Sunday announced a long-awaited deal to allow Myanmar to clear part of its huge decades-old foreign debt, opening the door for lending to jump-start its lagging economy.
The investigation will help to improves on its lagging on dragging force, dislocation, disorderliness due to high strain concepts and good strain structure.
The decision to separate its ailing mobile division from the more profitable home-networks segment was an attempt by Motorola to beef up its lagging handset platform.
And despite its lagging public image, Yahoo still commands one of the largest online audiences in the world.
Our leader pointed out to President Medvedev all of what he perceived to be Russia's shortcomings: its lagging economy, its unjust judicial system, and its rampant corruption.
While most of the retail world flings itself at the Internet, Gap Inc. is moving in the reverse direction in a bid to improve its lagging standing.
Campbell Soup reported on Monday that its net income slipped 5 percent in its latest quarter as the company spent more on marketing to revive its lagging soup sales.
