Microsoft did well on the face of it, turning in a 30% profit increase, which beat estimates.
After the close of trading Wednesday in New York, Baidu.com reported an 87% profit increase for its second quarter.
The latter probably had a strong year if a 57% profit increase from publicly-traded paint comparable Sherwin-Williams is any guide.
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After reporting a profit increase of 70% in 1999, the group posted another rise of 52% in the first quarter of 2000, compared with the same period last year.
Geng's company, operator of 250 kilometers of toll roads that link mainland dynamo Shanghai, Hangzhou and the booming port of Ningbo, recently reported a 30% profit increase last year.
TesoroLogistics is well positioned on the growth curve with a very strong year over year profit increase forecasted, as well as a healthy yield and expected earnings-accretive contribution from potential drop-down opportunities.
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PetMed Express posted a surprise fiscal third-quarter profit increase, the first bottom-line growth for the online-focused pet-medicine purveyor in more than a year, with revenue jumping 12% on a 29% surge in new orders.
Now, while the global airline industry struggles with high oil prices and jittery consumers, the executive told Lucy Craymer in an interview that Air New Zealand is confident enough to forecast a solid profit increase for the fiscal year ending June 30.
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Wall Street expects profit to increase 6% this year and 8% in 2011.
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If this number were small then Apple would be giving up very little current profit to increase long term such.
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Analysts expect profit to increase 30% on revenue growth of 28%.
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The company reports its second quarter on Aug. 4, with analysts expecting profit to increase 22% to 44 cents per share on sales growth of 51%.
The growth of collaborative consumption comes from all of us seeking new ways to create profit and increase value in a globally connected society that loves to share.
This will either increase the profit for these products or allow lower prices to increase user adoption, or some combination of these choices by Apple (and presumably other tablet and smart phone manufacturers).
This amounted to a 470 billion won increase in profit from the previous quarter and a 16-percent increase in sales compared to the same period last year.
So Ford has decided it needs to increase profit margins on its passenger car business.
Salmas blamed wholesalers and pharmacies for exporting large quantities of drugs destined for Greeks to wealthier EU countries to increase profit.
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Analysts predict the company can increase profit by just 7.7% this year.
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Derivatives are also used in speculation, whereby investors can increase profit if the value of the underlying contract moves in the way they expect.
Where does that leave the owners to turn to increase profit?
Increased volumes and a focus on a single line of products will yield improved utilization levels, which is in turn expected to increase profit margins higher.
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Well-publicized fees can dissuade customers from partaking in an activity the bank would like to avoid, while the purpose of carefully hidden fees is generally to increase profit.
According to the Washington Post, it is estimated that nearly 1 million barrels a day of refinery capacity has been closed on the East Coast or in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the past two years, which Valero said allowed it to increase profit margins.
Firms have tended to increase their profit margins on existing (even shrinking) volumes, rather than cut prices to increase their market share.
His comments came despite a 45% increase in profit for his Berkshire Hathaway investment business.
The increase in profit in the first quarter came after net income fell in the previous quarter.
On one hand, they hope that they can increase their profit by selling new services on new devices.
The increase in profit in the first quarter broke a streak of three consecutive quarters of year-over-year profit decreases.
The increase in profit in the second quarter broke a streak of two consecutive quarters of year-over-year profit decreases.
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