Retained earnings is derived from profitable operations.

留存收益源于获利性经营。

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GM chief executive officer Rick Wagoner was asked if his company is considering selling its profitable operations in China.

通用公司行政主管里克·瓦格纳被问及，通用公司是否考虑出售设在中国的盈利的工厂。

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Though few on Wall Street know about it, his group at Morgan Stanley has been among the investment bank's most profitable operations in recent years.

虽然华尔街上没几个人知道，穆勒领导的摩根。斯坦利的一个交易组的回报近几年来在投资银行里名列前茅。

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While this required cutting expenses and shutting down less profitable operations, it demonstrated the resiliency of American companies in the face of trouble.

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High valuations for social networking and e-commerce companies are seen as out of whack with revenue growth figures and money losing or barely profitable operations.

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Less profitable operations would hurt the stock prices of such companies.

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