Sentence examples for of core franchises from inspiring English sources

He cited disappointment with sales of "core franchises" of drugs.

Fox gets some Christmas mileage out of one of its own core franchises with "Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas" (8 p.m. Thursday), a companion to the 20th Century Fox animated film series.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 9 — Taking further aim at one of Microsoft's core franchises, Google said Monday that it would acquire the e-mail security and management company Postini for $625 million in cash.

Kessler wrote in a client note that he believes eBay's core franchises of eBay, PayPal and Skype are healthy on a global basis and will deliver notable revenue growth and margin improvement in 2007.

"He is a young piece of our core franchise, and the early returns in the big leagues have been great," Rizzo said.

Mr. Kotick sees it as a great complement to his company's core franchises: the skating game Tony Hawk, the war game Call of Duty, and the fledgling franchises of Guitar Hero and games based on the Shrek and Superman movies.

Even maintaining core franchises is very challenging right now.

What Konami has tried to do is maintain our core franchises.

Worst of all, Merrill's core franchise — its vaunted distribution system of fee- and commission-generating brokers — is under siege.

"The core franchise value of one of the dominant U.K. retail and wholesale banks is coming to the fore," Sanford Bernstein analysts said in a research note to investors on Friday.

Citi has returned to its core franchise of institutional and consumer businesses built upon its unique and unmatched global network.