Sentence examples for profit shrank from inspiring English sources

While group's profit shrank last year after Google tweaked its search algorithm, it still posted $41 million in profit.

The Canadian printing company Quebecor World Inc. said first-quarter profit shrank 47percentt as prices dropped and the company's unprofitable French operation performed poorly again.

The Xerox Corporation said fourth-quarter profit shrank to nearly nothing, hurt by reorganization costs and a decline in demand from Russia.

The Xerox Corporation said fourth-quarter profit shrank to nearly nothing, hurt by restructuring costs and a decline in demand from Russia.

In its latest quarter the firm's gross margin shrank year-on-year from 47.4% to 37.5% and its quarterly net profit shrank for the first time in ten years, falling from $11.6 billion to $9.5 billion.

As for UPS, it could do with the cash: its second-quarter operating profit shrank by 18%, to $1.45 billion, owing to rising fuel costs and the stagnant American economy.Crafting co-opetition deals is a tricky business, not least because potential partners need to swallow their pride first.

"The mantra of most every studio has been shrink to profit, shrink to profit," Mr. Nathanson said.

With AOL's revenue and profit shrinking steadily for years, analysts have called it a drag on Time Warner's stock price.

The Atlanta-based firm watched its profit shrink as the economy slumped last year.

Also in commodities, analyst think Dow Chemical saw its profit shrink to 10 cents a share from 60 cents in 2008.

But in the early '90s, as profits shrank, he soured on NBC.