Sentence examples for slim increase from inspiring English sources
"slim increase" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English
It can be used to describe a small or minimal increase in something, such as a number, percentage, or amount. Example: The company saw a slim increase in profits this quarter, but it was enough to show progress.
The UK-founded online music service, which was acquired by CBS for $280m in May 2007, reported a slim increase of 1.7% in total revenues in 2011 from £7.99m to £8.1m.
Its Sunday stablemate, the News of the World, also put on 16,786, although at 3,120,991 that is a slim increase and still 3.94% down on August 2008.
3M, the maker of Post-its and Scotch tape, said on Thursday that it managed a slim increase in second-quarter earnings as cost-cutting offset a revenue shortfall.
An internal announcement of the cuts, most of which are expected in the next few weeks, came after Merrill announced that its second-quarter earnings rose 34percentt, despite a slim increase in revenue from commissions and slower growth in the amount of money customers invested at the firm.
An internal announcement of the cuts, most of which are expected in the next few weeks, came after Merrill said that its second-quarter earnings rose 34percentt despite a slim increase in revenue from commissions and slower growth in the amount of money customers invested at the firm.
DuPont's agriculture and nutrition division was the only segment to suffer an operating loss in the third quarter, with $181 million in red ink compared with last year's loss of $113 million, despite a slim increase in sales to $1.3 billion as greater research and development spending outweighted increasing sales penetration in Latin American seed markets.
It rose by only 1%–a dramatically slimmer increase than last year's 12%, and the slowest rise since Forbes began tracking the numbers.
Regions Financial posted a slim 1.1% increase in first-quarter earnings, pushing shares up 8.4%, or $1.56, to close at $20.10 on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Regions Financial posted a slim 1.1% increase in first-quarter earnings, pushing shares up 6.7%, or $1.25, to $19.81 in morning trading.
BlackRock, the world's largest money management firm with $3.5 trillion in assets, is an logical investment for Slim to increase his exposure to the U.S., where he already holds positions in luxury clothing retailers Saks Inc, Bronco Drilling, and the New York Times Company.
That growth came off the back of two successive quarters of shipment declines, with Q2 registering a slim 3.7percentt increase on the shipment total for Q1 2016, the research firm said.
