Determining the return may involve gross sales, net income, revenue recognition, cash flow, and the time value of money.

回报的决定因素涉及到毛销售额、净收入、收入酬劳、现金流、以及资金的时间价值等。

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And money sent home from overseas workers has also declined significantly, threatening a source of income that has functioned as a "social safety net" for millions of people, says McKechnie.

McKechnie指出，境外工人向家中的汇款也大幅减少，对数百万人口倚重的社会保障类收入来源构成了威胁。

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The author holds that business earnings, taking protective measures for money capital as a basic point, should include holding income and net profit after tax.

作者认为，立足所有者或企业，并以货币资本保全为基点，企业的收益是包括持产收益的税后净利。

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Like other insurers, Allstate earns much of its net income by investing the premium money it collects, mostly in bonds or other conservative securities.

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Return on equity (ROE), calculated by dividing net income by shareholder equity during a particular period, measures the return that management has produced on the money invested into the business.

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Thus, if we wish to take away this unenviable Catch-22, we can only do by completely removing the safety net, leaving low-income workers with no choice but to work if they want to have any money at all, even if it is insufficient to support a typical family of four.

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