Sentence examples for slow profit from inspiring English sources

[A1.] Slow Profit Growth Stalls Markets Stocks fell as evidence of slowing profit growth prompted investors to sell shares.

It is among 13 hedge funds that have short positions in Carillion, with concerns centring on its rising debts and slow profit growth.

Mr. Hesse, 54, helped slow profit erosion as head of Sprint's local-phone spinoff, the Embarq Corporation, by closing call centers and creating packages of services.

He said investors did not appreciate the risk in poor economic reports, slow profit growth and the possibility of flare-ups in conflicts with Iran and Syria, which could cause a spike in energy prices.

In both cases, investors were jettisoning shares after growing weary of slow profit growth.

Higher capital expenditures in 2008 will slow profit growth in the near term, but should lay a foundation for growth down the road.

"Americans are an active restless people impatient of slow profits," he wrote.

The earnings of BASF, the chemical giant, rose nearly 15percentt in the second quarter, but the company warned that the Asian financial crisis might slow profits for the rest of the year.

Only Apple, seemingly taking the high road, sticks to a slow, profit-friendly pace, introducing slight hardware bumps every couple of months and totally new computers every other year.

In this business when sales slow, profits go.

This all means that companies will see slower profit growth or even profit contraction".