earnings
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Nothing — not war, inflation, higher interest rates, economic slowdown, doubts about earnings or technologies, questionable leadership, not damage to institutions — can dent it.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
High oil prices, for example, lead to demand destruction, which reduces prices and earnings.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
“Customers are increasingly adopting Zoom as an AI-first system of action for modern work,” CEO Eric Yuan said in the earnings release.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Amazon.com said when reporting first-quarter earnings on April 29 that free cash flow decreased to $1.2 billion for the trailing 12 months, compared with free cash flow of $25.9 billion in the year-ago period.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Relatively well- off workers in the eighth decile, or 10 percent-sized slice, where earnings are about $20 an hour, are now making 106.6 percent of what they earned in 1973.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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