For a generation, the collective doctrine has been that the sorting mechanism of society should be profit.

对于这代人来说，集体主义一直认为社会的分类机制应该是利润。

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She regarded training middle school students facing enrollment exams the best part of all in term of profit generation.

她认为目前跟初高中升学考结合起来的辅导盈利空间是最大的。

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Few managing partners know their firm’s profit per billable hour, even though that is the main product law firms sell. Cost control is often an afterthought, trailing far behind revenue generation.

就算律师事务所就是按照工作小时数收费的,也很少有人知道自己公司每个工作小时的利润.一般公司在产生收入很久之后才考虑到成本控制问题.

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And not only that, the utility must agree to a long-term contract that covers power generation costs, plus a decent profit.

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"The upstart renegade Apple has now supplanted corporate IBM in profit generation, " said Tim Ghriskey, chief investment officer of Solaris Asset Management in New York, which owns both IBM and Apple shares.

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"FDI coming into the Republic of Ireland in the last 10 years has focused on profit generation, FDI coming into Northern Ireland has by and large been focused on cost reduction, " he added.

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Profit in its Fossil Power Generation sector was the strongest, with profit up 10% to 407 million, as good project executive offset the lower new orders compared to a year ago.

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