In 2012, mobile and information-technology products tallied two-thirds of Samsung's overall profit versus 14% for chips.
These days vertical integration makes less sense for big players since refinery operations at the moment are dragging down the overall profit margin.
So their overall profit margins were roughly 2% each in the year to last March, compared with 8% or more at Toyota, Honda and Nissan, each of which thrives in America.
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The Detroit-based car company reported first-quarter earnings that were better than consensus Friday, despite a drop in overall profit from a year ago thanks to weakness in Europe and Asia.
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Revenue from audio products is down 13% and sales of video gear and TV sets are flat, pulling down overall profit margins--and total profits--by more than half in the past two years.
Already, banks' overall profit margins nationwide have fallen to 0.15% at the end of September from 0.21% two years prior as income from investments, including bonds, has fallen, according to the Japanese Bankers Association.
It is, however, included under non-sport specific revenue, so the overall athletic department profit numbers do not change for the Big Ten.
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The truth is that they can get and sell data profiles which might have a higher overall yield of profit rather than us getting healthy.
Two other schools that stand out in terms of overall athletic department profit, or lack thereof in these cases, are Georgia Tech and Florida State.
Only 22% of families who have invested in stocks have made a profit overall, while 56% have lost money and 22% have broken even, according to a 2012 household-finance survey by the People's Bank of China.
Overall sales fell about 5% and quarterly profit slumped 48% as increased costs weighed down results.
Their ranks have declined by about 4.5% from five years ago, and their typical profit is about 2% of overall revenue, it said.
And overall, its growth in revenue and gross profit is stable, while its growth rate in net income, on quarter over quarter basis, remains impressive.
U.S. carmakers complain they now have to sell large numbers of money-losing smaller vehicles in order to sell high-profit larger vehicles and meet the overall fuel economy average.
Overall the quarter was positive, topping estimates both on profit and sales.
However, aside from exceeding estimates, it was what the numbers represented that speaks to the overall direction of the company, which included 11% profit growth and revenues that climbed 6%.
March silver futures are seeing mild profit-taking pressure but bulls still have the overall near-term technical advantage.
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March silver futures are also seeing a profit-taking pullback and bulls still have the overall near-term technical advantage.
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December silver futures bulls have the overall near-term technical advantage even though prices are under some profit-taking pressure Tuesday.
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December silver futures bulls still have the overall near-term technical advantage even though prices are under some profit-taking pressure this week.
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The fundamental reasoning for the move up or down becomes a part of the overall consciousness of the investment community at the point where the potential for profit is minimal.
But as Unocal's Azerbaijan investments come on line and generate profit, those returns will be even juicier, upgrading ChevronTexaco's overall earnings quality.
Overall, the company feels the demographics of the area are good enough to open the restaurant such that profit and return on investment are maintained.
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Over time, Sony brought down the PS3's price and improved the machine's profit margins, but it still trails Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360 in overall units shipped.
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