You can see, this is how the unseen rule of finance-- The Wall Street Journal is a venerable newspaper and source of information about finance, but it's not making money.

可以看到,这就是金融界的潜规则,《华尔街日报》是一份令人尊敬的报纸,和金融信息的来源,但它并不盈利

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Earnings are something that accountants have generated and they've been doing it all the way back to 1871-- it's a venerable concept; it's how much money the company made this year, if it's annual earnings.

收益是会计们算出来的,从1871年来一直如此,他们值得尊敬,年收益指的是公司这一年赚到的钱

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