That translates to a razor-thin 4.5% net margin- but also marks an industry-leading 30% return on equity.
Oracle's handsome pretax profit margin--at 42%, thanks to the ax of Safra Catz--leaves Ingres room for inroads.
Now, the market also is being hit by margin-related selling, said Gero and Ironbeam precious-metals analyst Sean Lusk.
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Ahead by a large margin - receiving more than 70% of the vote - were food speculation funds.
The new DX has -- by a good margin -- the best contrast ratio of all those devices.
Long liquidation, much of which was profit taking and margin-call selling, hit the gold market in late-morning dealings.
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At the same time, he was aggressively buying Chesapeake Energy shares on margin--using borrowed money for the purchases.
That - by a substantial margin - is the best score for any police force in England and Wales.
The company recreated itself from a low-margin, commodity-driven, regional oil refiner into a less-cyclical, higher-margin, global specialty chemicals company.
On the margin--the margin that gave the Democrats control of the House and Senate--the vote winners were slow-growth independent populists.
Operating margin - GAAP operating margin was 33% for the fourth quarter, compared to 48% for the fourth quarter of 2011.
The bank's net interest margin--the difference between its cost of capital and average loan rate--has fallen for five consecutive quarters, to 0.9%.
Gas and smokes pull customers into the store, where they can pick up any of 2, 800 different--and higher-margin--goods, from gum to beer.
John McCain leads former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by a narrower margin -- 32 percent to 26 percent, the survey found.
The 1970s brought insurance, corporate finance and securities margin-lending within its remit.
We have addressed half of the previously margin-diluting Managed Services contracts, and show continued and strong growth in IP and Next Generation Wireless.
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Kimberly shares got socked hard in January after company execs, citing rising raw-material prices and margin-busting marketplace competition, offered downbeat full-year profit guidance.
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At this point, Toyota will likely have to deal with lower sales or margin-squeezing promotions, both of which are bad news for investors.
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Most retailers are in a position to boost their profits, at least in the short term, by widening the gross margin--jacking up prices, that is.
Also, much of the margin-call-related selling pressure in gold and silver has now likely already occurred, which eliminated a big, bearish factor in the metals.
Also, much of the margin-call-related selling pressure in gold and silver has now likely already occurred, which eliminates a big bearish factor in the metals.
The debate watchers polled by CNN said that by a 7-point margin -- 43 percent to 36 percent -- Biden spent more time attacking the opponent.
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However, Day warns that if stock prices were to tumble sharply, that could cause margin-account selling and could limit strength in gold as investors sell profitable assets.
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The company says it will continue to focus on margin-expanding sales like mobile connections, broadband and TV connections, which it began testing in the North American market last year.
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The uncertainty of that situation or the big down move in the Swiss franc may have prompted skittishness in the gold market, or produced some margin-related selling in gold.
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The shake-up and introduction of more own-brands helped gross margin - a measure of profitability - at JJB's retail division improve from 50.8% last year to 51.7% this year.
So if we ignore that underwater stock buyers were forced to make good on investments made on the margin--just as mortgage holders should--we can't ignore the truism that once applied to housing.
And keep in mind that while the spread between the two projections represents real money, it is margin-of-error stuff when it comes to the size of the federal budget and total health spending.
"With fuel prices where they are, we are clearly flying into very significant headwinds, " he quipped to The Associated Press on Tuesday, adding that he believes BA could increase its operating margin--he just didn't know exactly when.
That's some 479, 326 hung systems, if you're keeping score at home, and it's in first place by a large margin -- Microsoft clocks in at number two at 17.9 percent, and ATI is fourth with 9.3 percent.
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