Common Stockholders and potential investors in common stock look first at a company's earnings record.

普通股股东和普通股的潜在投资者最关心的是公司的利润记录。

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Whirlpool Corp., the world's largest appliance maker, raised its profit forecast and said it expects record earnings this year, boosted by cost cuts and sales in Latin America and Asia.

全球最大的电器制造商惠而浦公司宣布提升其盈利预测，表示希望在今年取得创纪录的收益，成本下降及其产品在拉丁美洲和亚洲市场的热销是主要推动因素。

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The company reported record earnings for fiscal 2010, with earnings per share up 138% on a 15% gain in revenues, and then broke its own record in the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

2010财年，星巴克公司的营收创下纪录，营业收入增长15%，每股收益猛增138%，2011年第一财季，这一纪录又再被打破。

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Your online Social Security Statement provides you with a yearly breakout down of your earnings record.

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Each year you work, you add to your earnings record leading Social Security to automatically recalculate your benefits.

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For many married couples, that 50% spousal benefit is often much higher than what the lower-wage-earning spouse could collect based on his or her own earnings record.

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