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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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Google, Bing deals make Twitter profitable: BusinessWeek
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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.
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.
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Stern's threat to quit Sirius could be empty talk
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(AP) --Howard Stern is threatening to leave Sirius XM Radio Inc. now that the shock jock and the satellite radio provider are getting set to enter contract talks in 2010.
Hollywood adds money, talent to made-for-Web shows
Dec 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Web sites that buy original video clips often pay so little that "The Bannen Way," a flashy crime thriller debuting online, looked destined to be made poorly if it could be made at all.
Take-Two posts larger 4Q loss on higher charges
Dec 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Charges and expenses outweighed higher sales and drove video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. to post a wider fourth-quarter loss on Thursday, as billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn reported ...
RIM 3Q profit up 59 pct on record BlackBerry sales
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. surprised Wall Street on Thursday as it reported a 59 percent increase in third-quarter income, boosted by new subscribers and record sales of its smart phones.
Oracle expects EU to approve Sun deal next month
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Oracle Corp. said Thursday that its profit jumped 12.5 percent in the latest quarter and that it expects the European Union will finally approve its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. ...
Biden unveils federal broadband stimulus projects
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the first $182 million in federal stimulus money for 18 projects to expand high-speed Internet networks in rural areas and other underserved communities.
Adobe Systems posts 4Q loss but says demand rising
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday that although it booked a loss in the fiscal fourth quarter, consumer demand improved and allowed the maker of Photoshop and Flash software to post an optimistic outlook ...
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner set for maiden flight
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner jet takes to the skies for the first time Tuesday, in a critical milestone for the problem-plagued aircraft seen as key to the future of the US aerospace giant.
Google tests new phone to profit from mobile Web
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Dec 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. is determined to gain more influence over how the Web is used on mobile phones, even if the next step in the quest tramples some of the relationships forged during its two-year expansion ...
Hollywood hopes an ensemble cast boosts Blu-ray
Dec 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Although prices for some Blu-ray players dropped below $100 this holiday season, customers are hesitating to jump into the next-generation video format. Even people who already own Blu-ray players ...
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