Profit Margins

Does Size Matter?

Mary Ellen Biery | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Sales-Growth, Profit Margins, Small Business, Private Companies, Sageworks, Small Business News
Mary Ellen Biery

Privately held companies have a huge impact on the U.S. economy, and new data shows that sales and margin performance through the recession and so far in the recovery has varied, depending on the size of the company.

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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
Brian Hamilton

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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China Hikes Power Prices In Attempt To Counter Threatening Shortage

Posted 07.30.2011

Read More: Commercial, Agricultural, Coal Imports, Power Prices, Industrial, Profit Margins, Jianguang Shen, China, Business News

BEIJING (Jim Bai and Tom Miles) - China has raised power prices for industrial, commercial and agricultural users in some regions by about 3 perce...

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Corporate Profit Margins Hit 18-Year High

Bloomberg | Whitney Kisling and Lynn Thomasson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: S, Dividends, Corporate Profits, Economy, Profit Margins, Corporate Profit Margins, Business News

Record earnings fueled by the highest profit margins since 1993 are giving executives more leeway than ever to boost dividends as the bull market ente...

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We Must Stop the "Vulture Funds" That Feed on the World's Poor

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, Kaunda, Zambia, Sally Keeble, Romania, Africa, Aids, Donegal International, Liberia, Maxine Waters, Profit Margins, Vulture Funds, Congo, Belgium, Michael Francis Sheehan, World News
Johann Hari

For small sums, vulture funds buy debts racked up years ago by the poorest countries on earth. Then they take the poor country to court, and demand exorbitant and crippling returns from the debtor nations.

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