First half profits have charged ahead from $127.6m to $134.2m.

上半年利润已经提前从1.276亿美元提升到了1.342亿美元。

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The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are evident in its profits, which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell over the last two years.

该公司削减成本措施的结果在利润上体现得很明显，在过去两年利润下滑之后，今年前三个月的利润增长了5%。

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The profits made in the first year have never been matched.

第一年获得的利润这几年一直比不上。

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He says the economy is growing for the first time in a year, productivity is surging, companies are reporting profits and the stock market is showing gains.

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Union officials have accused the airline of planning to outsource ground jobs at a cost of thousands of Australian jobs and of putting profits first.

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The technique involves sending profits first through one Irish company, then to a Dutch company and finally to a second Irish company headquartered in a tax haven, Investopedia describes it.

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If European countries decide, however, to cut solar power subsidies and make changes to feed-in-tariff (FiT) structure, this can negatively impact the sales and profits of First Solar and competitors like Suntech Power and SunPower.

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