Its double-digit growth in sales and operating income, says Osorio, makes it worth a steep price.
"We continue to grow operating income faster than sales, " said Wal-Mart CEO MikeDukeMike Duke.
Once again, Motorola blamed disappointing sales and operating earnings in the company's core mobile device business.
After all, its ratio of operating margins to consolidated sales rose from 2.7% to 3.2%.
It said this week that it could not give any indication of full-year sales and operating profits.
Sears Holdings suffered another blow from its reports of worse than expected sales and operating performance this quarter.
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Operating margin on home sales improved 440 basis points to 11.2%, driven by tight cost controls and price increases.
Makers pray that companies will upgrade en masse to the Windows 2000 operating system, but sales are off to a slow start.
Richemont expects its sales and operating profit for the first six months of this year to be significantly higher than the comparative period.
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This morning, Sony said in a statement that sales and operating revenue for the March 2011 fiscal year were in line with previous estimates.
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The performance criteria used to determine the annual bonuses for the named executive officers were net sales and operating income as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
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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.
My worst case scenario is Roundup loses 50% of its sales and its Operating Margin declines to 10%.
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This should be troubling for Microsoft, which is in a precarious position with its new operating system and lackluster tablet sales.
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We further expect that liquidity could be constrained in 2013 absent a turnaround or substantial asset sales to fund operating losses.
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DuPont said the more optimistic forecast is a reflection of stronger sales growth and operating margins, as well as continued global expansion with strong demand in the Asia-Pacific region.
Increased sales mean the operating costs, which are more or less fixed, spreading over a greater revenue which will result in higher operating margins for the company.
Meanwhile, a study conducted by Nielsen revealed that even when many families are operating on tight budgets, sales of fresh produce actually increased by 6% in 2012.
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Meanwhile, a study conducted by Nielsen revealed that even when many families are operating on tight budgets, sales of fresh produce actually increased by 6 percent in 2012.
"A number of prospective purchasers have already shown their interest in acquiring the individual Castlebeck operating units, which will continue to operate and trade normally whilst such sales are progressed, and new owners for the operating units emerge, " Mr Smith added.
Ballmer said the operating system has helped buoy PC sales in the down economy.
Higher sales volumes, improved operating efficiency and better terms from suppliers should raise operating margins in the years ahead.
More significantly, for FY 2012, the company said it sees higher sales, but flat operating income, compared to FY 2011.
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We expect operating income as a percentage of sales to be in the mid to low-forty percent range depending on sales.
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It's now the most profitable mobile-phone producer in the world, netting 30 cents in operating profit on every dollar of sales, according to analysts' estimates.
Competing only on the ability to offer a discount equivalent to sales tax is effectively operating an offshore account, at the expense of your consumers.
That would alarm the entire tech industry, because pcs drive sales of software and operating systems, printers and scanners and modems, servers and networking gear and more.
That would be especially alarming for the entire tech industry, because PCs drive sales of software and operating systems, printers and scanners and modems, servers and networking gear and more.
After the publisher and his managerial team overhauled the composition of the sales force and its operating philosophy, the paper saw overall revenue growth in 2011 and 2012.
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