In an interview with CNBC, Jeffrey Immelt, GE's chairman and CEO said, "The wholesale financial model is tougher and we're disadvantaged from the banks.... It's the perfect market to sell financial assets.
We realize that different definitions are more appropriate for comparing to different models, but it is tough on the reader.
"The business model is really tough in this app world," he says.
In an industry of shrinking ad rates, even the idea of a partially ad-based model is a tough sell.
But building the right model to make this possible is tough, Scheur says.
What's more, traditionally the knock against MOOC platforms has been that, while their mission to bring affordable, online education to the masses is critical, the model can be tough to monetize.
But clothes must fit, which is tough when American models, buyers and quality inspectors cannot travel to the factories.
Competition is tough in the pigment market.
For Thomson --which has a bigger share of its business than some rivals in standard TV's, rather than large-screen digital models -- times are tough.
