Below is a list of common names for one-time items concealed within operating line items.

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In its most recent earnings on May 1, for example, the company said that it achieved a first-quarter operating margin, excluding special items, of 12.6 percent, up 1.3 points year over year.

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Into all of those electronic items Google is actively embedding its Android operating system.

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And it also generates revenues from operating its marketplace for buying and selling furniture and other items.

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Even without Mickey Mouse, Comcast is poised to increase operating earnings (net before depreciation, interest, taxes and nonrecurring items) at least 15% a year over the next three years, Maloney estimates.

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Marsh relies on insurance brokerage for 60% of revenue and two-thirds of operating profit (earnings excluding realized investment gains and losses and other unusual items).

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It's now tougher for cashiers operating in tandem with friends from the outside to casually omit the scanning of some items at the counter.

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David Walker, senior vice president of logistics, says that electronic monitoring of items from point of origin to the warehouse could boost the chain's operating margin from 11.5% to 12.5%.

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The state's case consisted of dozens of photographs and video clips supporting the contention that Mr. Hershberger was operating a retail food establishment, with shelves and refrigerators stocked with Grazin Acres-labeled products, as well as items from neighboring farms.

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