Sentence examples for on a slump from inspiring English sources

Harbinger Capital, a hedge fund run by the former Barclays Capital trader Philip Falcone, was named as one of the winners which successfully "shorted" Bear Stearns by betting on a slump in the shares.

The waiver on existing loan commitments and a new credit facility from Walt Disney provided Euro Disney some respite after its loss widened last year on a slump in tourism.

Morgan Stanley's shares slumped by 4% in early trading on the New York stock exchange after the Wall Street Journal named the bank as a target for a criminal investigation into controversial tactics adopted by firms to bet on a slump in home loans at the beginning of the global financial crisis.

These latest very visible scars on the fabric of economic life have appeared as the coalition faces rising pressure to get a grip on a slump that has now lasted five years: what ratings agency Moody's last week called a "lost half-decade", echoing the name given to Japan's long period of stagnation from the early 1990s.

The French-American telecoms-equipment company, a big provider of broadband apparatus, is reeling from a slowdown in sales, which it blames partly on a slump in the construction of homes in America.A wine connoisseur filed a lawsuit against an auction house, claiming that several bottles he had bought as rare Bordeaux in 2005, and for which he had paid up to $33,000 each, were fake.

Mixtures were designed based on a slump flow diameter of 70 ± 2.5 cm.

John Makin, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, argues that many countries could not cope with a weak dollar on top of a slump in American demand.

Think about where we are right now, in the fifth year of a slump brought on by irresponsible bankers.

You really can't break out of a slump on the bench.

That was largely on the back of a slump in construction output, which fell 1.6% in the first quarter.

Though nationwide spending has slowed on fears of a slumping economy, this set is continuing to splurge on pricey home improvements, wine and spirits, cars and clothes.