Profit (accounting)

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Accounting profit is the difference between price and the costs of bringing to market whatever it is that is accounted as an enterprise (whether by harvest, extraction, manufacture, or purchase) in terms of the component costs of delivered goods and/or services and any operating or other expenses.

A key difficulty in measuring profit is in defining costs. Pure economic monetary profits can be zero or negative even in competitive equilibrium when accounted monetized costs exceed monetized price.

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Yahoo CEO pledges to boost profit margins (AP)

Yahoo CEO pledges to boost profit margins

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(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Carol Bartz promised Tuesday to turn around the struggling Internet company after this year's "terrible" performance.





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Global media giant News Corp. posted an 11 percent rise in quarterly net profit on Wednesday

News Corp. net profit up on movie, cable TV showing

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Global media giant News Corp. posted an 11 percent rise in quarterly net profit on Wednesday as strong results from its movie, cable television and book publishing divisions offset a newspaper slump.


Facebook users can help Chase find small charities

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- JPMorgan Chase is letting Facebook users help decide how to give away $5 million.


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Semiconductor giant Infineon upgrades outlook

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German semi-conductor maker Infineon on Thursday upgraded its turnover and profits forecast over the next 12 months because of higher demand from the auto industry and cost cuts.


Humana 3Q profit jumps on government programs (AP)

Humana 3Q profit jumps on government programs

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(AP) -- Health insurer Humana Inc. rode its strong government business in posting a 65 percent jump in third-quarter profit Monday, as bulging membership and premiums from Medicare Advantage overcame a lackluster ...


Barnes & Noble reports 2Q loss, cuts guidance

Barnes & Noble reports 2Q loss, cuts guidance

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(AP) -- Barnes & Noble on Tuesday posted a larger second-quarter loss than last year and lowered its profit forecast for this quarter in anticipation of weak holiday sales and high costs of launching its ...


Surgical errors remain a challenge in and out of the operating room

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite a national focus on reducing surgical errors, surgery-related adverse events continue to occur both inside and outside the operating room, according to an analysis of events at Veterans Health Administration Medical ...


A Chinese court has found Microsoft guilty of infringing a Chinese company's intellectual property rights

Court rules against Microsoft in China font case

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Chinese court has ruled Microsoft Corp. infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating systems, the companies confirmed Tuesday.


HP's profit up 14 pct despite sales drop (AP)

HP profit jumps on cost cuts, new market expansion

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(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company's mainstay businesses.


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Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays (Update)

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost computers run faster.


Should I buy a PC or Mac?

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (19) | comments 31

Q. Our 6-year-old PC computer is dying a slow death and we are considering moving to a new iMac but have a few concerns. First, of all, we have several Word documents on our disk drive now that we want to keep and add to ...



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