Sentence examples for margin goals from inspiring English sources

For example: Are Cadbury's margin goals achievable?

The Finnish cellphone maker Nokia fell $1.32, or 3.3percentto to $38.92, after disappointing investors with its operating margin goals.

Bad earnings news hurt G.M. after the company said its North American operations would miss profit margin goals because of declining car prices.

Instead, investigators have found that the sums involved -- which reduced reported operating expenses over the last five quarters -- were exactly those needed for WorldCom to meet its profit margin goals, these people said.

In a letter that Trian sent to Cadbury ’s board, the New York-based group urged Cadbury’s to cut costs, add several new directors, set near-term margin goals, and make long-term margin goals.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Peltz’s Trian Management Fund sent candy maker Cadbury Schweppes ' board a 14-page letter urging Cadbury to cut costs, add several new directors and set near-term and long-term margin goals.

The chief executive, Alfred J. Verrecchia, said the company was confident that it could increase earnings as it cut costs and achieved its operating margin goal of 12percentt or better by 2005.

And when they couldn't make the $500 million margin goal, the market went straight down.

In Philadelphia, Bob Hall, the publisher of both The Inquirer (weekday circulation 405,000) and The Daily News (weekday circulation 161,000) has two options -- persuading Mr. Ridder to relax his proposed profit-margin goals, or finding a way to meet them.

The win capped a dominant 7-0 tourunmenthatn that saw the U.S. set World Cup records for victory margin (13.2 goals per game), goals in a tournament (127) and goals per game (18.1).

J. C. Penney previously said the division probably would not reach its profit-margin goal of 4percentto4.5percentcenthis yearar.