Sentences with phrase «challenging economic environment»

Dog, cat, small animal, and bird products have experienced remarkable growth in the past decade that continues even in the current challenging economic environment.

«Amidst the economic turmoil in 2009, SCB was able to close the year with a healthy and above - target profit, which strongly bears out the bank's right strategic direction to become the «premier universal bank in Thailand,» plus the bank's resilience in adapting to a very challenging economic environment, which resulted in the solid performance,» says Vichit Suraphongchai, chairman of Siam Commercial Bank.

«While we recognize the board's hard work, they clearly do not recognize the difficulty in developing projects in this uniquely challenging economic environment,» Arzt said after the meeting.

In the earnings press release, Eric Schmidt (Google's CEO) said the following: «strong international growth as well as sustained traffic increases on Google's web properties propelled us to another strong quarter, despite a more challenging economic environment.»

Prudence suggests that it is more difficult for a company to grow during challenging economic environments.

However, I am confident that fairly valued companies will fare better going into challenging economic environments than overvalued companies will.

Most professionals working as counselors call their career a calling, but for those entering the job market in Utah, this calling has become a promising opportunity in an otherwise challenging economic environment.

In the current challenging economic environment, a company's worst - case scenarios might include the bankruptcy of its biggest and once - best customer, a banker's decision to close down its corporate credit line, the postponement or cancellation of an impending initial public offering, or the meltdown of a company's value.

John Ruskay, executive vice president and CEO of the UJA - Federation of New York [said], «Already in the context of a very challenging economic environment this will present another significant difficulty.

Given the challenging economic environment and sharp increase in gasoline prices that coincided with this promotion, a premium price offer like Lobsterfest was less wellsuited for the period.

Commentary: «Citi continues to navigate a challenging economic environment and delivered another quarter of solid operating results.

«Despite the challenging economic environment, the core business performed strongly and we continued to see positive momentum across all the key income lines.»

YMCA understands that in a challenging economic environment governments have to make difficult decisions.

But in a challenging economic environment such as we have today, the auxiliary engine chugs on and the researcher keeps his or her eye on a glass half full.

Much of this comes down to carefully selecting a good governance team and ensuring that they fully understand what is expected and required of them — their responsibilities in setting out the strategic direction for the school and steering it through what is a challenging economic environment for the education sector.

Based on my research, it quickly became apparent that in addition to following expert advice on financial sustainability, Maui's small independent school leaders had to think like entrepreneurs in order to survive the challenging economic environment of those years.

We don't know when markets will move, but we are always careful about owning companies that fit our criteria and that can sustain themselves through even a challenging economic environment, so that we can seek to deliver solid, risk - adjusted returns in the long - term.»

Segmentation strategies, in conjunction with prudent underwriting, can help lenders succeed in a challenging economic environment.

Since early last year, when rampant energy prices were the nation's top concern, Pet Business cover stories have looked at common retailer concerns through the prism of a challenging economic environment.

The Sydney Morning Herald profiles its native son and gives some interesting career and personal details of a designer who's market continues to advance even in a challenging economic environment:

In recent years, our strength in depth has allowed us to offer our services in covering established and original issues that have arisen from the challenging economic environment.

'' Even in this challenging economic environment, our company continues to grow new life insurance business,» notes Craig Simms, Senior Vice President of Vantis Life.

Anyone in Fayetteville from young collegiate or professionals just getting on their feet, to families trying to stay afloat in a challenging economic environment, to seniors protecting their legacy can benefit from signing on for coverage with a qualified local provider.

However, with a challenging economic environment, many of these programs have been reduced or eliminated.

As we move out of a challenging economic environment, there is a vibrant jobs market, with a diverse array of opportunities available.

Good employees are even more important to the success of an organization in a challenging economic environment.

Apart from the challenging economic environment and tricky job market, returning vets find it hard to translate their military skills to civilian and corporate skills.

«The fact is that we and every other company in Corporate America are facing a challenging economic environment,» he says.

Many prospects and clients investigate the value of a home warranty in today's challenging economic environment.

In today's challenging economic environment your real estate needs are constantly changing which in many cases creates a situation where all of your property interests no longer fit into your operational needs or financial initiatives.