The target of a 20% pre-tax margin at MSSB by 2012 has been quietly dropped.

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The company is posting a pre-tax margin of 13% while the industry average is 12.1%, and that advantage flows down to the bottom line.

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Crandall boldly projects a pretax, pre-interest margin of 21%.

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Back in 2010, Gorman told investors the goal was a 20% pre-tax profit margin.

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Last year Morgan lowered its pre-tax profit margin goal for the unit to 15% for the middle of 2013.

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As crude oil and compensates prices increase, this will push the EBITDA margin back to pre-recession levels.

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Ericsson is plunging by 15% in pre-market trading after shocking investors with a major margin squeeze.

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The wide margin of victory for those backing the status quo came as a surprise, for pre-election surveys had that side ahead by only a few percentage points.

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Profitability has improved over the past decade, and the largest suppliers have average pre-tax margins of about 10%, a figure nearly twice as high as Tesco's margin of 5%.

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However, I am pleased with the progress we are making in improving and driving growth in our high-margin Signature platform, which generated its third consecutive quarter of sales growth and our pre-paid mobility business, which included the launch of the RadioShack branded line of phones.

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