For one thing, there are significant cuts that could be made in both organizations to improve profitability.
Petitioner alleges that he stopped writing plays and started writing historical studies in an attempt to improve profitability.
We are confident that these initiatives will strengthen our business and enable us to improve profitability as the market recovers.
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Yahoo is also making efforts to control costs, by cutting its workforce, which should improve profitability in the short term.
Will the Detroit Three take advantage of the sales rebound to continue to improve profitability, or will they revert to their old ways?
The proliferation of low-cost smartphones is helping China Unicom control subsidies and improve profitability as it taps the growing demand for 3G data services.
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Chartis said that while banks are directing their risk management to regulatory demands, they should also be looking at improving risk management to improve profitability.
Faced with these challenges, Sharp, Sony and Panasonic have all announced plans to restructure their business in an attempt to cut costs and improve profitability.
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Nor does a ubiquitous branch network seem to improve profitability.
Accountability is a big word in health care these days, as everyone looks to try and control escalating health care costs while the companies involved still aim to improve profitability.
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While the mass layoffs may help the company improve profitability and help Nortel better target sales, the company may see even more benefit from the firing of just seven executives.
And all that would also help improve profitability in the airlines industry, which in turn would mean that they would be able to hire more workers and provide outstanding customer service.
Recently, in order to further improve profitability, flat-screen TVs from Hitachi Consumer Electronics business, which will be transferred to Hitachi CM group responsible for overall sales across the Hitachi brand home appliances.
Mainly, IBM in recent years has been known for using acquisitions in products such as cloud computing, analytics and consulting services to spark growth and improve profitability in a huge, mature company.
Looking into the second quarter, Samsung expects to improve profitability in the chip business with a recovery in PC DRAM price and by expanding its new product category with mobile application processors based on 32 nanometer-class process technology.
Hitachi, in flat-panel TV business, reduce fixed costs through the second half of fiscal 2009 from fiscal 2007, the reduction of overseas operations, including measures to improve profitability through the use of procurement, building a business model that specializes in technology management with low-risk differentiated has been working on.
Despite traditionally weak seasonality, continued economic stagnation in Europe, and the prolonged supply shortage in the PC industry, the Display Panel Business was able to improve profitability by expanding sales of high-end premium panels such as LED TV and 3D panels, which pushed TV panel sales up in the mid-20 percent range on-year.
For example, how to improve the profitability of a minerals company, reorganise the head office of a major multinational, or improve the marketing effectiveness of a retailer of consumer goods.
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ArcelorMittal is trying to improve its profitability through vertical integration, consolidation and geographical diversification.
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The company is in the midst of a multiyear plan to improve its profitability.
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Extensive financial rigor was applied to Sears to improve the profitability of every line item, dropping poor performers and closing low margin stores.
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Furthermore, to improve its profitability, Chevrolet (owned by GM) is adding a new pickup, High Country, to its Silverado series of pickup trucks.
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"As we look towards the prospect of an independent future, we need to take action now to improve our profitability and cash generation, " said Suri.
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The moves come as the Round Rock, Texas-based company is struggling to improve its profitability, even as it slashes prices to keep sales growth on track.
"As we look towards the prospect of an independent future, we need to take action now to improve our profitability and cash generation, " Mr Suri said.
To counter the sluggish economic condition and to improve its profitability, Reed Elsevier is now concentrating on those revenue generating avenues that are subscription based and are recurring in nature.
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More companies with overseas operations should rethink their reasons for outsourcing and consider how coming back home can improve their profitability as well as contribute to the future health of our economy.
These reductions, along with our ongoing efforts to implement more stringent budget and resource allocation around new games and partner projects, will improve our profitability and allow us to reinvest in great games and our Zynga network on web and mobile.
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All the deal flow in this industry helped airlines improve their health and profitability.
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Under this plan, Ford aims to restructure to achieve better operating profitability and improve its balance sheet.
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