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Profit
hideProfit generally is the making of gain in business activity for the benefit of the owners of the business. The word comes from Latin meaning "to make progress," and is defined in two different ways, one for economics and one for accounting.
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News tagged with profit
Google, Bing deals make Twitter profitable: BusinessWeek
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Twitter has reached profitability after signing deals with Google and Microsoft to make the micro-blogging service searchable on the Internet, BusinessWeek magazine reported on Monday.
AOL finally regains independence from Time Warner
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- AOL resumed life as an independent Internet company Thursday as it completed its spinoff from Time Warner Inc. and closed the book on one of the most disastrous business combinations in history.
Google ready to open wallet again after stellar 3Q
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc.'s earnings and stock price are soaring again - and so is the Internet search leader's optimism.
HP profit jumps on cost cuts, new market expansion
Nov 23, 2009 |
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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.
ASML returns to profit in third quarter, orders up
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- ASML Holding NV, a key supplier to computer chip makers, reported Wednesday a net profit of euro20 million ($29.7 million) for the third quarter, ending a nine-month streak of losses, and said new orders had increased ...
News Corp tests charge-for-content policy at Sunday Times: report
Aug 08, 2009 |
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Britain's Sunday Times newspaper will be the testing ground for News Corporation's new policy of charging for Internet content, a report said Friday citing industry sources.
Dell's profit, stock drop on weak quarterly report
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Some of the computer-industry's biggest players - such as IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. - have wowed Wall Street this fall with stronger-than-expected profits.
Semiconductor giant Infineon upgrades outlook
Nov 19, 2009 |
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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.
Yahoo profits rise in 3Q, will revenue follow?
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has pumped up its profits by laying off workers and weeding out unpopular Internet services.
'Collapse' in semiconductor demand hits ASML
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales, but said it saw signs of improving market conditions.
Cisco lays off hundreds of workers
Jul 17, 2009 |
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US computer networking giant Cisco Systems has laid off between 600 and 700 employees at its headquarters in San Jose, California, in a bid to reduce costs amid slow sales, The Wall Street Journal reported ...
Income slashed, web traffic falls when paper goes online-only
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Researchers from City University London have found that at least 75 percent of revenue can be lost and web traffic can actually fall when a newspaper moves from print and web to web-only.
Google's slowing ad sales trump record 2Q profit
Jul 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. made more money than ever in the second quarter, even though its revenue growth slowed like never before.
Sun, IBM buyout talks in limbo
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Representatives of Sun Microsystems met earlier this week with advisers for IBM in an effort to restart buyout talks that stalled earlier this month, but no deal was reached.
Mixed feelings about Sun setting in Silicon Valley
Apr 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- If IBM Corp. had managed to buy longtime rival Sun Microsystems Inc., it might have been as incongruous as waking up to a big blue sun.
