WXLT-TV was a makeshift operation, struggling financially, scraping by with old equipment and an inexperienced, underpaid staff expected to work around the clock.
Haymarket Publishing reported an almost 40% rise in pre-tax profits last year to £7.2m, although its flagship UK trade magazine operation struggled in tough market conditions that continued in the first half of 2012.
Best Buy The American electronic giant opened in China in 2006 with a majority stake in Nanjing-based retailer Five Star, spending $180m, but the operation struggled from the beginning.
The company reported an almost 40% rise in pre-tax profits in 2011 to £7.2m, but admitted its UK operation struggled in tough market conditions that continued into the first half of last year.
Add to that the fact the West Ham stewards were roundly criticised in the national press after the Hammers' last home game against Burnley, in which the club's stewarding operation struggled to contain an outpouring of anger against the board, and it starts to look like one of the least enviable jobs in football.
But even as the integration into a single carrier was hitting its stride, Delta's operations struggled.
With its international operations struggling, Ford urgently needs better margins from its core business in the United States to continue to grow.
Global automotive operations, struggling everywhere but in the Asia-Pacific region, swung to a $167 million loss in the quarter from a $574 million profit in the period a year earlier, including one-time items.
European operations struggled a bit, especially in Germany.
Over the years, the family drew hundreds of millions of dollars out of Dow Jones through dividend payments, even as the Journal and its sibling news operations struggled with growing competition and a weakening print-advertising market.
