Revenue

Toward a People's Budget: Vermont Adopts New Vision for State Spending and Revenue Policies

Anja Rudiger | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Human Rights, People's Budget, Tax, Revenue, Budget, Vermont, Politics News

Almost exactly one year after enacting the United States' first universal health care law, the state of Vermont is once again showing the country that another world really is possible.

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GE Profits Plunge

Reuters | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Earnings, Video, Profit, Revenue, Conglomerate, Reuters, Mortgage Crisis, Ireland, Jeff Immelt, Ge, General Electric Co, Business News

April 20 (Reuters) - General Electric Co posted an 11.6 percent decline in quarterly profit, weighed down by a charge for the company's exit of its ...

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Morgan Stanley Faces Loss Due To Accounting Charge

AP | CHRISTINA REXRODE | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Investment Banks, Earnings, Factset, Goldman Sachs, Video, Morgan Stanley, Ceo James Gorman, Wealth Management, Revenue, Accounting, Financial Planning, Investors, Business News

NEW YORK — Morgan Stanley reported earnings that far exceeded investors' forecasts Thursday, sending its stock higher even as the rest of the ma...

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Oil Giant Takes Home Big Profits

Reuters | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Thomson Reuters, Video, Oilfield Company, Profits, BP Plc Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Revenue, Halliburton, Reuters, Premarket Trading, Business News

* EPS ex-items of 89 cts top Wall St view of 85 cts * Revenue rises 30 pct to $6.9 bln * Shares up 4.5 pct ...

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Major U.S. Corporations Squeezing Even More Money Out Of Employees

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Productivity Per Employee, Revenue Per Employee, Corporate Profits, Employee Revenue, S&P 500, Video, Profit, Profits, Revenue, Revenue Employee, Revenues, S&P 500 Companies, Productivity, Employee Productivity, Business News

Major corporations are making certain they get their money's worth out of each individual employee. S&P 500 companies made an average $420,000 in ...

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Banks Finding Opportunity In Postal Service Woes

Reuters | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Checks, Video, U.S. Postal Service, Citigroup Inc, First Class Mail, Post Office, Revenue, Wells Fargo, Reuters, President Obama, Banks, Electronic Payments, Service Cuts, Aite Group, Bank of America Corp, Business News

* Banks see an opening in calls to end Saturday deliveries * Chance of slower mail argues for electronic payments * Bank...

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German Automaker Sees Record Profit

AP | DAVID McHUGH | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Automakers, Recovery, Sales, Revenue, Rolls-Royce, Bmw, German Automaker, Cars, Volkswagen AG, Daimler AG, Business News

FRANKFURT, Germany -- A sharp jump in sales of its luxury cars and sport utility vehicles in China helped German automaker BMW AG increase net profit ...

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Casino Industry Accounts For Significant Slice Of U.S. Economy: Study

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Gambling, Taxes, Casinos, Video, Gdp, Research, Revenue, New Research, Business News, Florida, United States, Massachusetts, Gross Domestic Product, Recession, Study, Business News

As the U.S. economy sagged, gambling was there to try and prop it up. At least that's the finding of the American Gaming Association. The trade ass...

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Bigger Payouts For BP's Investors

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Transocean Ltd., Video, Macondo, Gulf of Mexico Trust Fund, Profit, BP PLC, Stock, Revenue, Oil, Halliburton Co., Dividends, Charles Stanley & Co., Oil Companies, Business News

LONDON — BP PLC has raised its quarterly dividend by 14 percent after posting double-digit gains in profit and revenue in the last three months ...

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At Citi, 'Disappointing And Unacceptable' Revenue May Mean More Layoffs

Reuters | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Layoffs, 2008 Financial Crisis, Video, Citigroup Inc, Securities, Revenue, Reuters, Chief Financial Officer John Gerspach, Hedge Fund, Euro Zone Crisis, Business News

Jan 25 (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc said it may make further cuts in its securities and banking unit in 2012 if revenue does not pick u...

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Managing Cash

Michael Kaiser | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Payables, Cash Flow, Arts Management, Arts, Debt, Cash on Hand, American Ballet Theatre, Debt Forgiveness, Revenue, Arts News

As with all aspects of fixing a troubled organization, celebrate successes. When the entire organization celebrates the shrinking level of vendor debt, everyone becomes more confident that solvency can be achieved.

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The Top Industries For Independent Businesses In 2011

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Macy's, Holiday Shopping, National Retail Federation, Small Business, Sales, Revenue, Bloomingdale's, Autodata Corp, Flat Screen TVs, JC Penney, Industry Sales, Sageworks, Business News

American small businesses' biggest wish this holiday season may be more revenue, but privately held firms saw sales increases in a number of industrie...

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How to Solve the US Budget Crisis -- Dismiss the Super Committee

Lyric Hughes Hale | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Taxes, U.S. Economy, Congress, Social Security, Debt Ceiling, Internet Tax, Economic Crisis, Sales Tax, Immigration, Immigration Reform, Super Committee, Federal Budget Deficit, Revenue, Economic Recovery, Defense Spending, Medicare, Tea Party, Politics News

The US budget debate has been highly politicized. Now it is the time to take a fresh look at the numbers, and the realities behind them.

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BofA Likely To Alter Rules For Debit Card Fees After Criticism

Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Video, Revenue, Paychecks, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Credit Cards, Bank of America Corp, Debit Card Fee, Wells Fargo & Co, Business News

(Rick Rothacker) - Bank of America Corp, after receiving heavy public criticism for a planned $5 per-month debit card fee, is likely to give custo...

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Exxon Mobil Profits Jump On Higher Oil Prices

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Factset, Gas Prices, Video, Oil Production, Wall Street, Stocks, Revenue, Exxon Mobil, Oil Prices, Net Income, Natural Gas, Oil Company, Business News

NEW YORK — Exxon Mobil's quarterly profit rose 41 percent because the company sold oil and natural gas at higher prices, making up for lower pro...

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'Penny-Wise And Pound-Foolish'

AOL Government | Judi Hasson | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Taxes, Irs Taxes, Deficit, Irs, Federal Deficit, Federal Budget Deficit, Irs Cuts, Budget Cuts, Irs Budget Cuts, Tax, Budget, Revenue, Internal Revenue Service, Tax Enforcement, Irs Deficit, Tax Evasion, Politics News

The Internal Revenue Service would face a "devastating" loss of $4 billion in revenue collected each year if proposed cuts of up to $600 million are m...

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Faith Communities Can't Rebuild Alone

Rev. Seamus P. Finn, OMI | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Catholic Charities, Government, Hurricane Irene, U.S. Economy, Policy, Faith, Revenue, Salvation Army, Natural Disasters, Religion News

We shouldn't expect the voluntary faith communities to do it alone. We can usually count on the public to be there, but it needs the support and revenue support of the private sector to fulfill that role.

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'Credible Strategy' To Lower Debt Must Include More Revenue: IMF

Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Congress, Video, u.s. Creditors, Tax Policy, Social Security, Public Debt, International Monetary Fund, Revenue, President Barack Obama, Imf, Medicare, Business News

(Rachelle Younglai) - Any effort by the United States to pare its massive public debt without bringing in more revenue and tackling expensive bene...

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Lackluster Year Ahead: Financial Professionals Predict No Change

Brian Hamilton | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Privately-Held-Companies, Privately Held Businesses, U.S. Economy, Profit Margins, Revenue, Private Sector, Economy, Business News

With such pessimistic news permeating the media, it is no surprise that financial professionals are less than enthusiastic about the U.S. economy's outlook for the coming year.

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The Debit Is in the Details

Len Hollie | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Debt, Payments, Checking Account, Ecommerce, Check Cashing, Debit Cards, Money, Shopping, Economy, Wells Fargo, Prepaid Cards, Employment, Rewards, Federal Reserve, Jobs, National Trend, Retail Stores, Holiday, Credit Cards, Labor Day, Revenue, Spending, Banks, Consumers, Fees, Customers, Cash, Debit Cards Rewards Program, Swipe Fees, New York News

In August, the Federal Reserve imposed a cap on the fees banks can charge retailers every time customers swipe their debit cards. Why is that important? In addition to banks, consumers may be the biggest losers.

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Payless Shoes In Trouble?

AP | By EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Factset, Shoe Shopping, Wall Street, Stocks, Revenue, Collective Brands Inc., Stride Rite, PrimeCap Management Co., Shoes, Payless, Business News

NEW YORK -- The parent company of Payless and Stride Rite shoe stores, Collective Brands Inc., said Wednesday that it plans to close 475 stores and ha...

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Home Depot's Income Up -- Due To Storms

AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Factset, CEO Frank Blake, Home Improvement, Financial Health, Home Depot Inc., Great Recession, Revenue, Storms, Atlanta, Lowe's, Housing Crisis, Business News

ATLANTA — Home Depot Inc.'s second-quarter net income rose 14 percent as shoppers picked up lawn and garden products and made storm-related repa...

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Krugman: 'Economy Desperately Needs A Short-Run Fix'

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Jobs Crisis, Social Security, Unemployment, Federal Deficit, Revenue, Double-Dip Recession, President Barack Obama, 2010 State of the Union, Government Spending, Federal Reserve, Medicare, Republicans, Business News

For what we’re seeing now is what happens when influential people exploit a crisis rather than try to solve it....

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Mainstream Media Ignores S&P's Attack On GOP Revenue Intransigence

Thom Hartmann | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Gop, Politics, Media, Economics, Revenue, Economy, Media News

Have you seen, anywhere, in any media, or even heard reported or repeated on NPR, the following sentence? "We have changed our assumption on this beca...

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Dear Congress, Don't Ask Me!

Cynthia Kounaris | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Taxes, Government Spending, Government, Jobs, Politicians, Revenue, Great Recession, Politics News

We don't know enough about policy. We don't know all the implications and ramifications of various decisions. We can't pull together a group of world-renowned economists and business leaders. That is what we pay you a nice salary for.

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