91. Slowing sales in the region will squeeze profits at European luxury goods makers such as LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis-Vuitton SA. 92. Some fear that the new administrators will cut corners in an effort to squeeze larger profits from the canal. 93. Some HMOs ran into trouble last year when unexpectedly high expenses squeezed profits. 94. Southeast Asian telephone companies have been out of favor because of concern the legion of new service providers that have emerged following deregulation will squeeze profits across the industry. 95. Squeezing reliable profits from this vast market is not straightforward. 96. Still, meatpackers continue to slow the hog slaughter as high animal costs and lackluster consumer demand for pork in the U.S. squeezes profits. 97. Such debts can squeeze profits in tough times. 98. THAI stocks fell for the fourth time in five days, as construction issues such as Siam Cement Plc tumbled on concern slower economic growth will squeeze profits. 99. That gap has squeezed profits, Chan said, and companies almost have no choice but to cut wages or workers. 100. Such a shift would push higher labor costs onto suppliers and squeeze their profits, she said. |