But it's good that companies are looking at what is core and what is non-core - and are cutting out the non-core businesses.
In October, the Financial Times reported that in addition to selling-off non-core assets in Canada, VimpelCom is also looking to dispose of its non-core assets in Sub-Saharan Africa, Laos, and Cambodia.
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The sale and run-off of non-core assets, first set out in early 2009 at the start of the RBS's three-to-five-year recovery plan, meant a fifth of the balance sheet was to be non-core, and the balance sheet was to be halved in size.
The company said it had been divesting controlling stakes in businesses that it sees as non-core and non-competitive assets.
In the euro area, business activity declined to 46.7 from 46.9 in May, signaling weakness in both core and non-core countries.
But Moynihan has spent much of the last year pushing to get BofA working again by cutting costs with his Project New BAC plan, and selling non-core assets like its non-U.S. wealth management unit, for instance.
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As we have said before, owning real estate is not part of Nokia's core business and when good opportunities arise we are willing to exit these types of non-core assets.
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It is a very stable and growing business, as the trend toward outsourcing non-core functions continues.
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The wrong reasons are its non-core capabilities, the expectation to engage in financial engineering.
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Instead, he said, BofA would meet capital requirements by selling non-core assets and normal earnings power.
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This gives both suppliers and resellers the ability to outsource non-core operations directly to SNX.
However, the company is now realigning its asset base, revamping management and selling non-core assets.
Still on the block: certain natural gas assets in Western Canada and non-core North Sea assets.
Other drug companies have been shedding "non-core" divisions lately--but none have shed a business this big.
The bank has been trying to turn its business around by cutting costs and shedding non-core businesses.
We are also taking steps to divest certain non-core assets such as a smaller business in Italy.
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Nokia is also getting more cash from convertible bonds and selling its HQ and other non-core assets.
Other mergers and selective disposals of non-core units have helped big paper firms to reshape their operations.
Nokia is also getting more cash from convertible bonds and selling its headquarters and other non-core assets.
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Freibaum said some Rouse assets, including some land and "non-core" properties, could be sold to pay off debt.
The company has already sold most of its non-core assets, including Jaguar, Land Rover and its parts factories.
Over the next 25 years, 90% of the projected growth in global energy demand comes from non-core economies.
The sale is part of a strategy to pull out of non-core markets.
And it has shed non-core assets and refocused on high-margin sectors, such as transportation, power generation, and healthcare-medical equipment.
The move was made as European insurers face increasing pressure at home to boost capital and dispose non-core assets.
With the announcement came an update on the rest of the non-core strategy.
It continues to shrink its balance-sheet and to look to sell non-core assets.
Nokia says it is looking into selling its headquarters as part of a drive to dispose of non-core assets.
His plan to boost capital levels by cutting billions in costs and selling non-core assets appear to be working.
Ford revamped its lineup, sold off some of its non-core brands, and restructured some of its debts and union obligations.
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