Growth rates had come down, margins were compressed and Cisco was facing these issues.
Facing these chronic problems head on would have profound effects, lasting long beyond delivery.
"I think it is, coming in here facing these guys who are leading the league, " Collins said.
"It's nothing new --- humanity has been facing these problems for centuries, if not millennia, " he said.
My experience reviewing portfolios of private bank clients suggests that the greatest risk facing these investors is the private bank itself.
And we talked about some of the economic challenges facing these folks.
Needless to say, very few people in Europe had any idea that Cyprus is facing these two drastic options in March 2013.
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What about "fast-tracking" the cases against MPs and legislators facing these charges?
Every western country is facing these problems although ours are made worse by a Tory government which is cutting too far and too fast.
The series of 27 panels uses satellite images to show the threats facing these unique places, including shrinking glaciers, coral bleaching, disappearing permafrost, desertification and floods.
Companies facing these kinds of reputation risks should take a proactive approach by establishing a crisis response strategy before trouble hits and making upfront investments in reputation management.
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With all the real privacy controversies Google is facing these days, it seems silly that Burson-Marsteller and its client would need to drum up one of questionable legitimacy.
Some of the issues facing these (inevitably working) men will be the same as those that faced women, 30 or more years ago, when they set out to redress what they saw as unacceptable gender imbalances.
"We've looked very closely at the pressures facing families in these difficult times, " said Anne Western.
Previously facing foreclosure, these delinquent borrowers have just gotten another year on their adjustable rate mortgage.
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While it has an excellent patient portal and public facing features, these are all modern web parts.
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One of the most important issues facing organized labor these days is issue number two on the ballot on Ohio, comes up November 8th.
The big strategic problem facing media companies these days is how to move their products online while preserving margins without swapping analogue dollars for digital pennies, as Jeff Zucker, NBC Universal's boss, once put it.
At a certain point it appears the choices facing teachers are these: unions can fade into irrelevancy by not doing anything, or they can reform themselves into irrelevancy by adopting the reforms of people who are campaigning actively for their demise.
While the transition facing each of these countries is unique and while the resources of West Germany provide an opportunity for rapid change not available elsewhere, there will nonetheless likely be salutary effects and lessons to be learned throughout the region from the East German experience.
These are facing delays over land acquisition, fuel supply and environmental issues, the minister said.
Today, even before the Democrats take over, pharma is facing the first of these legislative battles.
We know the budget constraints facing local governments in these tough times.
Representative JOHN MURTHA (Democrat, Pennsylvania): They think this is the most important problem facing the country, these people that have e-mailed me, and they want to see an exit strategy.
One of the hardest tasks facing those who fit these devices is working out the precise choreography of the voltages and timings that need to be applied to the 20 or so electrodes embedded in the auditory nerve, in order to make them work properly.
The picture of these big companies facing short-term trouble should peak interest from value investors.
Facing a similar situation in these days, the US is now calling upon China to take similar measures.
Just to point out the obvious, however, several of these companies are facing the need to disrupt and re-invent themselves again, including Apple.
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