Sentence examples for lackluster environment from inspiring English sources

Morgan Stanley does not — and it could weigh on profits in an already lackluster environment.

But despite the lackluster environment, the top managers still took home $14.4 billion in 2011.

Just as skateboarders took advantage of the empty swimming pools in 1970's Southern California to create ollies and grinders, bored teenagers like Belle and Foucan saw extreme possibilities in their lackluster environment.

DealBook » Making Sense of Morgan Stanley's Derivatives Moves  |  While many big banks warehouse derivatives in subsidiaries that rely on federally insured deposits to finance themselves, Morgan Stanley does not — and it could weigh on profits in an already lackluster environment.

Surprisingly, this lackluster environment proved a welcome and fertile venue for a "poor man's" form of music known as skiffle.

Fewer shoppers are interested, analysts say, because they have become accustomed to bargains -- discounts that are further eroding retailers' profits in an already lackluster retail environment.

The Polaroid Corporation said today that its first-quarter profit climbed by 22.8percentt but sales declined slightly in a lackluster business environment.

LONDON — The French bank BNP Paribas reported better-than-expected earnings in the third quarter despite lower overall revenue and a nearly 11 percent decline in its investment-banking business resulting from a "lackluster" economic environment.

Despite the lackluster economic environment, everyone knows that a party isn't a party without chips and soda.

And how does this trend feed Murakami's huge popularity, as demonstrated by this novel's massive selling power despite a lackluster publishing environment?

Terry Lundgren Terry Lundgren, chief executive of Macy's, said that he intends to be more competitive in 2010 in the midst of a lackluster retail environment.