profit
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Another feather in the cap for value is that, while growth stocks generally lead during periods of slowing or scarce profit, profits are now generally picking up and broadening out.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The sport and fashion retailer cut its full-year profit guidance as second-quarter sales fell due to pricing pressure and a weak U.S. performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Dick’s Sporting Goods stock falls sharply after the sports retailer misses second-quarter earnings expectations and reduces its fiscal-year profit outlook.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Companies with such high profits rarely have such small staff - for example, British retail giant Marks and Spencer, which employs over 65,000 people, made £671m in profit last year.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Angry that Mr. Garner was going to make a profit.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Companies with such high profits rarely have such small staff - for example, British retail giant Marks and Spencer, which employs over 65,000 people, made £671m in profit last year.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Deere has continued to generate profits during the slump in the farm economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The commerce group, which also owns Chinese shopping platform Pinduoduo, said net profits declined 12% from the same period of the previous year to RMB27.2 billion, but was above forecasts of RMB27.4 billion, per LSEG.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
All that promise started to wither around 2015, as social media giants gobbled up more and more of the profits that kept earlier hangouts afloat.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The titans of Wall Street, the world now realized, had spent years racking up profits on the backs of junk home loans.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Collins has profited quite handsomely from her singular access to and conflict with power.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
He claimed the women had profited from selling dozens of his daughter's items at auctions in the US in 2021 and 2023, accusing them of having "deliberately concealed" their sale.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“During a time when our community was meant to come together to help those in need, Langham Hotels Pacific Corporation profited from other people’s tragedies.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Many of his assets are held in a trust overseen by Donald Trump Jr. The president said Wednesday that he profited on his investment accounts in 2025 because stock markets rallied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
And this vision had had a certain hold even on the groups who actually profited by each historic change.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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A bull call spread involves purchasing a lower-strike VIX call and selling a higher-strike one with the aim of profiting if the index rises.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Each week, I’ll take you inside the latest health trends to help you understand where they came from, who’s profiting and whether they’re worth your money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Energy majors are profiting also from their trades as oil and gas futures swing between big gains and losses on the war's latest headlines.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
"Imagine flipping through the channels and stumbling on a film starring your deceased son or brother, knowing that someone you do not know or trust is profiting from his image without your input or consent."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Joe had come up with a scheme for profiting from the arrival of these throngs in his father’s new neighborhood.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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