So Ford has decided it needs to increase profit margins on its passenger car business.
Salmas blamed wholesalers and pharmacies for exporting large quantities of drugs destined for Greeks to wealthier EU countries to increase profit.
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Analysts predict the company can increase profit by just 7.7% this year.
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Derivatives are also used in speculation, whereby investors can increase profit if the value of the underlying contract moves in the way they expect.
Where does that leave the owners to turn to increase profit?
Increased volumes and a focus on a single line of products will yield improved utilization levels, which is in turn expected to increase profit margins higher.
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Well-publicized fees can dissuade customers from partaking in an activity the bank would like to avoid, while the purpose of carefully hidden fees is generally to increase profit.
According to the Washington Post, it is estimated that nearly 1 million barrels a day of refinery capacity has been closed on the East Coast or in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the past two years, which Valero said allowed it to increase profit margins.
This will either increase the profit for these products or allow lower prices to increase user adoption, or some combination of these choices by Apple (and presumably other tablet and smart phone manufacturers).
This amounted to a 470 billion won increase in profit from the previous quarter and a 16-percent increase in sales compared to the same period last year.
Firms have tended to increase their profit margins on existing (even shrinking) volumes, rather than cut prices to increase their market share.
His comments came despite a 45% increase in profit for his Berkshire Hathaway investment business.
The increase in profit in the first quarter came after net income fell in the previous quarter.
On one hand, they hope that they can increase their profit by selling new services on new devices.
The increase in profit in the first quarter broke a streak of three consecutive quarters of year-over-year profit decreases.
The increase in profit in the second quarter broke a streak of two consecutive quarters of year-over-year profit decreases.
The increase in profit in the third quarter broke a streak of two consecutive quarters of year-over-year profit decreases.
The increase in profit in the third quarter broke a streak of three consecutive quarters of year-over-year profit decreases.
The chain, which opened its 9, 000th store worldwide in March, recorded a whopping 56% increase in profit for the quarter.
Excluding Travelers, which was spun off to shareholders last year, the performance was even better, with a 12% increase in profit.
Backdating, in which options are dated retroactively to coincide with low points in the stock price, can increase the profit for the recipient.
In the U.S. comparable sales were down 1.2% and operating income fell 3%, while European sales fell 1.1% with a 1% increase in profit.
The increase in profit in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year broke a streak of two consecutive quarters of year-over-year profit decreases.
The increase in profit in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year broke a streak of three consecutive quarters of year-over-year profit decreases.
Strong demand for its new products prompted Intel to increase its profit margin guidance to 64% for 2010, up from an earlier estimate of 61%.
Last month, Apple reported a 78% increase in profit and 71% rise in revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 25 on strong demand for its iPhones, iPads and Macintosh computers.
They were able to use the powerful yet familiar capabilities to reduce branch service times by 25%, decease customer churn by 5% and increase the profit of the most valuable customer segment by 20%.
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The company reported that it also saw new orders for smart phones from existing customers and new smart phone projects with handset manufacturers expanded, along with new tablets and other products, which drove increase and profit in the assembly services and handset business.
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Wipro, on the other hand, is expected to report 1.1 percent sequential increase in net profit.
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