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Analysts and media executives predict the coming year to be no less challenging than the previous one had been for the company’s C.E.O.

A. the coming year to be no less challenging than the previous one had been
B. the coming year to be no less challenging compared to the previous one
C. that the coming year would be no less challenging compared to the previous one
D. that the coming year will be no less challenging than the previous one had been
E. that the coming year will be no less challenging than the previous one

E