Sentence examples for slashed orders from inspiring English sources

Ciena said two large customers -- probably Sprint and Qwest, although names were not given -- had slashed orders.

For example, Dixie-Narco, a subsidiary of Maytag that makes vending machines, hit a crisis when Coca-Cola, one of its largest customers, suddenly slashed orders.

Manufacturing was hurt more by the credit crisis than services businesses were, as many companies slashed orders and inventories in an effort to conserve capital.

Restaurants, normally big buyers of breast meat, slashed orders as millions of people cut back on eating out, and breast prices slumped.

Trade financing became hard to get for many exporters, and customers slashed orders out of fears that the recession would get much worse or that they would be unable to finance the purchases.

The company was hit hard when Russian Railways, its largest civilian customer, slashed orders, but has also suffered because it lost its Soviet-era monopoly and must compete with a Ukrainian product, she added.

To start chipping into the deficit, the Pentagon must come up with far deeper procurement cuts — like slashing orders for thousands of new short-range tactical fighters in favor of the new Air Force bomber and unpiloted long-range naval strike aircraft.

Inventory writedowns can be calamitous for both the vendor and the manufacturer, unless they can afford the lost revenues as prices are slashed and orders cut back.

Britain slashed its orders and the decision of Australia's Howard government in 2002 to buy the jet fighter has been heavily criticised as hasty and ill-judged as cost increases, delays and doubts about its capability have mounted up.

Britain slashed its orders and the decision of the Howard government in 2002 to buy the jet fighter has been heavily criticised as hasty and ill-judged as cost increases, delays and doubts about its capability have mounted.

With the delay between touch input and screen response slashed by orders of magnitude, a device that sports the sort of super-low-latency Dietz envisions has the potential to feel far more (for lack of a better term) natural than its brethren.