But both Stretch and Zerbe have an answer to that: Include tax breaks that would put cold cash now in many businesses' hands--for example, an extension of the now-two-year-period in which business can carry back their net operating losses.
In the holiday quarter just reported, profits were basically flat (on an apples-to-apples time period, operating profits increased 7%, still a far cry from the previous two years).
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Communication and dialogue via social media have become central to the Vancouver-based company, whose first-quarter operating profits more than tripled since the same period last year.
Net-a-Porter reduced its losses during the period, but generated a positive operating cashflow.
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The costs of maintaining and operating the railway in the 10-year period to 2014 have come down by 50%.
One of the balance sheet assets they accrue during this period are their tax-deductable Net Operating Losses (NOLs).
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We have improved our operating profits year to year over the same period, with double-digit growth in each of our main divisions last year.
Meanwhile, same-store net operating income increased 11% over the same period.
To determine the average amount consumers might pay to keep their new cars in operating condition, we used 2008 repair estimates calculated over a five-year period by Vincentric, an auto-industry data-analysis company.
Yet after a period of testiness, Brazil and the United States have been co-operating to relaunch the Doha talks.
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From the overseas market, ZTE reported operating revenue of RMB 46.76 billion during the period, accounting for 54.2% of overall operating revenue and representing year-on-year growth of 24%.
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Operating earnings for the Financial Services and Rialto Investment segments also improved from the prior-year period.
Alcoa has reduced its smelting capacity and beat estimates when it reported third-quarter results in October, but still booked an operating loss for the period.
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