11.   The company is busy trying to salvage its core business.

12.   The first Decision was clearly whether it made sense to concentrate all our resources behind the two core businesses, without foods.

13.   The supermarkets then found that they could charge bigger Margins on goods that were peripheral to their core business, processed foods.

14.   This meant it could concentrate on two core businesses - security printing and heating and bathroom products.

15.   Will it be able to manage an acquisition outside its core business -- one in no need of fixing?

16.   The core business of airlines is flying people and cargo from place to place.

17.   The group plans to concentrate on six core businesses.

18.   Our strategy is to focus all our resources on the two core businesses of spirits and beers.

19.   Guinness Brewing Worldwide is one of two core operating businesses of the parent company, Guinness PLC, the most profitable alcoholic drinks company in the world.

20.   During the recession some larger companies recognised a need to dispose of peripheral interests and apply the proceeds to their core businesses.