Sentences with phrase «recent declines in profit»

As far as the cities of Niagara Falls, Salamanca and Buffalo, which play host to Seneca Nation casinos, Gates says they'll continue to receive that slot machine revenue; though due to recent declines in profit, he says the overall amount will likely be less than before.

Not exact matches

Though 2009 proved a bright spot for Gottschalk — Buffett listed her as one of the execs who increased profits despite declining sales in Berkshire's annual report — Pampered Chef's more recent years were bumpy.

Many short sellers appear to be taking their profits after the recent decline, which suggests the stock could be in for a reversal of fortune.

HP has seen declining profit and revenue, but said in its most recent quarter that its turnaround is making progress.

Specifically, a recent analysis by Graham Secker, MS & Co.'s European equity strategist, found that recent disappointments in European corporate profits are a function of at least three important factors that may be reversing: idiosyncratic issues related to heavily skewed index exposure to financials and commodity - linked industries; weak operating profit leverage linked to declining emerging market sales; and less aggressive use of buybacks, tax optimization and non-operating cost reductions versus U.S. peers.

And with the recent decline in «lunching out» trend, independent restaurants are facing lower levels of foot traffic, and an industry - wide cut in profits, according to market research firm NPD Group, Inc..

To the extent that we continue to force add - on effects in the form of declining employment and capital investment, we also reduce the likelihood that profit margins and returns on equity will recover to the historically above - average levels which have prevailed in recent years.

During the recent Activision Blizzard conference call, the Blizzard side of the operation announced record profits despite seeing a small decline in subscriptions to its juggernaut MMO World of Warcraft.

Similarly, Ron Friedmann reflects on the predicted decline of BigLaw in a recent post and contends that one cause of managing partners» apparent selfishness may be the result of their looming retirement and thus unwillingness to plan for anything more than maintaining profit levels in the short term:

101 Incidents of ethical violations resulting in professional discipline and even criminal prosecution are on the rise.102 Faced with declining profit margins, firms have been accused of «overworking files» and overstaffing projects in an effort to increase billable hours.103 And they have bent the rules governing conflicts of interest.104 One survey indicated that one - third of the 30,000 clients interviewed felt dissatisfied with the representation they received from their attorneys, citing primarily a failure to communicate and inadequate attention given to their cases, suggesting that law firms are under pressure to increase their case loads without hiring new associates to staff them.105 The recent decline in professionalism is even further evidenced by a decline in pro bono commitment.106 Thus, new graduates face even heavier workloads, increased pressure to meet high billable requirements, and fewer pro bono opportunities.

There were no immediate catalysts for the decline, which suggests that investors were taking profits after the record build up in recent weeks.

According to the report, the next flagship Android device from Samsung is expected to receive a complete redesign, possibly in response to the company's declining revenue and profits in recent months.