Weakness in the performance chemical unit had to do with weak market demand across the globe.
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Honeywell has thus far only taken the baby step of selling its performance fibers unit, whose products go into tires and ropes.
Kreinberg, who headed the performance chemicals unit, wanted Dow to dump its commodities business, arguing that it was dragging down his more profitable division.
Weak financial markets and continued poor performance from the unit have kept that initiative in limbo.
Not too mention, it also allows Disney to buffer a poor performance in one unit with the success seen by others.
It killed entire brands, Pontiac included, and axed high-performance cars like the G8, a full-size, V8-powered sedan very similar to the new Chevy SS. It even went so far as to completely disband its long-standing High Performance Vehicle Operations unit, which had developed such fast, gas-guzzling cars as the Cadillac CTS-V and Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1.
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Because everyone had to work to bring the new hire up to speed, the performance of the whole unit declined.
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Furthermore, the unit's 900MHz x 2 high-performance dual-core chipset boosts the unit's image processing capacity so consumers can enjoy the highest picture quality and the fastest web-browsing speed.
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EBay's results were also boosted by strong performance from its online payments unit PayPal.
Meanwhile, Pennon's results were boosted by bigger bills and a strong performance at its Viridor Waste unit.
The minister then brought in experts from England to support the team in an attempt to boost the unit's performance.
Target posted third quarter earnings before the bell on Wednesday beating top and bottom line expectations as sales were solid and the credit card unit improved its performance.
Much attention will be paid to the performance of Harley Davidson Financial Services unit, which has been a major source of losses since the downturn began.
Limited has been making some tough, but smart decisions in the last few years, opting to sell off its namesake The Limited unit to improve financial performance.
Appraising the performance of all members of the Unit.
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Carly Fiorina, HP's chief executive, blamed the unit's poor performance on the absence of a traditional uplift at the end of the quarter and disruption caused by a new supply chain system.
The performance of the non-carbonated drinks unit was also boosted by the purchase of the Seagram line of drink mixers.
Until then, we've got hands-on photos of the unit below, along with some performance impressions after the break.
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For this reason battery performance is usually measured in watts (a unit of energy calculated by multiplying voltage x amperage) per liter or watts per kilogram.
And the logic works with servers as well as storage, as each device category continues to decrease in size, improve in capacity and performance, and reduce its power consumption per unit of work with each new generation.
The CEO also told investors in January that he would entertain strategic options for the growth-challenged Discover unit if it did not improve its performance over the next two to three years.
To further protect the camera from impact, high-performance damping material has been added to protect the lens unit from external shocks.
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Gaming performance was found to be satisfactory, though, and while the overall performance seemed fine, the 7200RPM hard drive in their test unit is apparently unavailable in the shipping unit (which holds a 5400RPM drive).
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Similar unit sales, but a vastly different perception of the performance.
Upon establishing one unit as the master, users are able to control many performance attributes of the multi-monitor setup in unison through the single monitor.
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In order to drive performance and raise the bar, we established Ferd Social Entrepreneurs as a separate business unit with their own management, strategy, and allocation.
"Cisco's Linksys products set the standard for great home networking experiences with their ease of use and outstanding performance, " said Scott Kabat, director of marketing, Cisco Home Networking business unit.
Another scheme is the use of contracts for difference, in essence bets on the bank's performance, which reward employees according to the level of profit made by their business unit.
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Offering exceptional optical performance to provide minimal distortion and chromatic aberrations while suppressing ghosting and flare, the advanced lens unit allows for higher shutter speed and captures stunningly clear images.
"As a global leader in the PC market, Lenovo's success rests on our ability to deliver consumer-centric innovations in products that deliver a blend of mobility, performance and price, " said Bai Peng, vice president and general manager, IdeaPad Business Unit, Lenovo.
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