Share prices should reflect future, not past profits, hence the hope that the rally in China cleverly looks beyond today's problems to better times.

股价应该反映未来，而不是过去的利润。因此，对中国股市重振旗鼓的希望实则是聪明地看到了未来更好的时光，而不是眼下的问题。

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The corporate return on revenues has risen the past two years to a peak of 14% - an unusually high level of profits - that is not expected to continue.

在过去的两年中，企业收入回报率上升了到了14%的高点——高得异乎寻常的利润率——预计这一水平将无法持续。

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In the past five years many of Japan's big firms made record profits, but they have not been sharing their good fortune with their workers.

在过去的五年里许多日本的大企业获得了创纪录的利润，但它们并未将巨大的财富与员工分享。

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However, Moody's panned the move Monday afternoon, saying it marked a negative divergence with the company's practice over the past decade of not returning profits to shareholders through dividends or buybacks.

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Its stock has soared over the past year, not so much on rising profits as on a rising PE ratio.

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There are no facilities in the plaza, suggesting the movement would have had to keep its collective legs crossed for the past few weeks were it not for the burger profits that keep the restrooms working.

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