profit
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Disney makes more money from its theme parks than it does from streaming, but Wall Street sees the latter as the main way the company will grow its profits.
From Barron's
Earnings expectations and profit margins are rising for the “Magnificent Seven”
From MarketWatch
The market for general-partner stakes—investments in a private asset manager that typically let the buyer share in management fees and deal profits—rebounded in 2025 after three lean years.
It also reduces depreciation expense and increases reported profit, sometimes by hundreds of millions of dollars.
Small-business profits, in the aggregate, are still in the black, but growth recently turned negative for the first time in a year and a half, Bowley said, citing Bank of America’s spending data.
From Barron's
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