Sentence examples for unprofitable years from inspiring English sources

There were many unprofitable years, but the company grew rapidly.

Rhodia, a chemical maker, said it lost 1.35 billion euros ($1.72 billion) last year and forecast two more unprofitable years as it struggled to cut debt.

A young P.G.A. Tour hopeful after graduation, Van Orman got his father to back him financially, but that ended after three unprofitable years.

That is nose-tweaking with a vengeance – and as Professor Evans points out, it was also a dig at Oxford, where Gibbon had spent "what he called the most idle, and the most unprofitable years of his life".

An early start, in 1989, gave it time to learn, over five unprofitable years, how to re-create the emotional engagement of classroom work on a screen and so keep students involved.Mr Sperling's relish in kicking down obstacles and seizing opportunity has served him well, propelling him on a classic American trajectory from rags—he was born in a log cabin in the Ozarks to riches.

Markel suffered unprofitable years in 2000 and 2001, mainly because of troubles integrating a foreign acquisition.

In the past fiscal year, its third unprofitable year out of four, it made a net loss of ¥63 billion.

Alcatel is following in the footsteps of big rivals, like Ericsson of Sweden, which this week reported its first unprofitable year in half a century.

TOKYO — A strong yen, flooding in Thailand and tepid sales in the United States and Europe all conspired to knock Sony to a net loss for the latest quarter, putting the company on course for a fourth unprofitable year in a row.

Ericsson, the Swedish maker of telephone equipment, reported its first unprofitable year in half a century today and warned that losses in the first quarter of 2002 would be even greater than analysts had expected.

In an interview, Mr. Cave said his company, which lists 20 agents on its Web site, had never had an unprofitable year, but like most other firms saw activity fall off in October, November and December, followed by an uptick in the last few weeks.