Much of the apparent growth in profits in the 1980s was the result of creative accounting.

20世纪80年代利润的显著增长中，有很多都是伪造账目的结果。

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The bank yesterday revealed a 30 percent nosedive in profits.

该银行昨天透露了其利润暴跌30%。

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Some investors even raked in up to 40 percent in profits.

一些投资者甚至迅速赚得高达40%的利润。

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At that time, schools of higher learning usually were supported by people interested in profits from their investment.

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So that's why we do it and there's no shame in pursuing profits and getting it out to your shareholders.

这也是人们这么做的原因,不用因为,为股东谋求利益,而感到羞耻

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Now, let's come back to the question we started with, which has to do with profits and so on in society.

现在我们来回答刚讲课时提到的问题,是与社会现实中的利润有关的问题

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That same quarter the company posted a 30% drop in profits, complete with rising charge offs and provisions.

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In this case, Stanford was only interested in profits and maintaining his jet-setting lifestyle.

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On April 30 it announced a 9.3 fold increase in profits for last year.

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