It continues to shrink its balance-sheet and to look to sell non-core assets.
The company embarked on a plan to shed assets, sell non-core pieces of the business and take in joint-venture partners.
The premium model would likely sell out as core gamers take their cut, but the basic model becomes an absolute necessity after early adopters have already purchased their consoles.
Retailers want to sell dual-core power to budget-conscious consumers.
For example, in the case of a failing banking group, regulators could sell off its core activities - thereby maintaining continuity for depositors - while allowing the rest of the organisation to go through a bankruptcy process.
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Besides the implementation of huge cost-cutting measures, the changes include plans to sell off non-core and strategically redundant business units.
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Firms of every description sought to squeeze out inefficiencies, sell off non-core businesses and close redundant operations, all in the name of shareholder value.
While the company will try to sell other non-core assets in addition to its patent portfolio, many of those segments are declining or losing market share.
Barrick said it is looking to sell some non-core assets such as its energy unit, as well as mines with short lives and high operating costs.
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YouTube's popularity provides Google with a lucrative channel through which to sell advertising, alongside its core search business.
Music companies see music as a market and want to be able to charge more for popular songs, but Forrester research analyst James McQuivey says Apple's core goal to sell iPods keeps it focused on boosting sales via cheaply priced music.
In order to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and allocate scare capital more judiciously, Vale has embarked on a program to sell a number of non-core assets.
Spinoffs: When companies sell off certain smaller operations from their core competencies, that gets my attention.
The company said it was pressing ahead with the sell-off as they were non-core assets which no longer fitted within its light oil-focused portfolio.
Chrysler has been trying for nearly a decade to encourage its dealers to merge or sell out, in hopes of creating a core network of stronger, more profitable "Alpha" stores selling all three brands.
Yet, Americans (and the sell-side) have only treated Yahoo as a core business.
Even though I think stock prices will sell off big time, I am not selling my core longs right now.
Following the MediaPad 10 FHD quad-core tablet, Huawei's also starting to sell another device powered by its very own HiSilicon K3V2 (Hi3620) chip.
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DaimlerChrysler could use the money for its core car business, though it denies any intention to sell.
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With that money saved, combined with increased revenues from Citizens Bank Park sell-outs, new free agents were signed to supplement the core.
Such tactics might sell more tickets, "but wouldn't be true to the core of the film, " she says.
The Sportsman aims to sell half that at first, but it must still attract the hard-core racing fans, industry insiders and betting-shop owners who make up most of its rival's readership.
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In corporate news Ford Motor is in talks to sell its Volvo unit, the culmination of a prescient multiyear strategy to raise cash and to concentrate on its core American brands.
Times Co. began trying to sell its stake in the Red Sox and related properties in late 2008 when steep declines in revenue at its core newspaper business were threatening the company's ability to manage its debt.
Issues regarding brand identity and the trade-off between profit and core values are ones that Major League Baseball will need to think about carefully as it decides how to sell advertising space on its website.
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Keeping the clinic ticking in its first year (and through 6, 000 patient visits) has involved constant iteration and improvement of all core processes, such as staying on top of inventory, capturing the right revenue for the services we sell and standardizing medical practices amongst our clinicians.
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