Sentences with phrase «much is profit»

It is particularly difficult to get to the bottom of the collections issue because we know so little about how these debt collectors get paid and how much they are profiting from financially distressed borrowers.

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Now, she says, pretty much all the jobs she does are contracted for at least $ 1 million, and she shoots for profit margins between 25 and 38 percent.

«Employees are much more likely to work hard if they understand how their individual efforts affect overall revenue growth, profits, and other measures of success.

The result will be a better idea that costs much less to develop and offers greater potential for faster profits.

If post-wedding sales fall off, that will impact overall profit levels, since almost all marketing and sales costs go into booking weddings — so your margins on additional sales are naturally much higher.

It was a $ 4 million job, and it turned a much better profit than the Millennium Park installation.

The bill is estimated to boost insurance companies profits by as much as 15 percent, according Ana Gupte, an analyst at Leerink Partners.

Whether it's switching to «no till» farming (which stirs up the soil less and requires less fuel), buying GPS - tracking systems to efficiently apply fertilizer or — as the Lambricks do — selling their products at a stand on the side of the road, many growers have already tried squeezing as much profit as they can from their operations.

Tech companies with no profits (or even much of a business plan) soared to extreme valuations that were justified, in part, by the belief that future profits would be made faster and that equities were less risky than in the past.

Always true that to get profit from a new business is very much hard specially for these sort of traps.

Phil Davidson sees the company's prospects rising with those prices, so much so that if oil has a very long rally, «we will probably be out of the stock,» selling to take profits.

It's also a good choice for people who care about the company they support, as Tom's of Maine funnels much of its profits to charities and encourages employees to spend a percentage of their working hours doing volunteer activities.

But don't be daunted: The potential profits in these types of ventures are often much greater for the newbie importer than going the brand - name route, which brings with it a lot of competition.

Still, he added, «technology is giving the consumer a much better product — much cheaper, much faster, more alternatives — but at the expense of fewer workers, and we have to find ways for companies to create jobs as well as profits.»

It's important to them to keep as much profit as possible and to keep their location hidden.

How much of that is profit?

Mock - up Milk Bones for dogs, almost - Advil medication for headaches, might - be Mars bars for snacks and supposed - to - be SoftSoap for bathrooms: the store sells knockoff products for much cheaper than it sells name brands, earning it a higher profit margin and helping turn Dollarama into a near $ 3 - billion a year company.

Monthly average profit is $ 661, while the median is $ 310, meaning a smaller group at the top end pulls in much higher profits, while most people don't.

The question is how much of those profits will the construction industry invest back into the workforce.

Also reporting this week is cloud software giant Salesforce (CRM), which is expected to report strong second - quarter profit after previously struggling to post much of a profit despite impressive revenue growth.

And it works at much lower administrative costs than for - profit private coverage (If I recall correctly, Medicare's administrative costs are something like 3 %, vs. 15 % for for - profit plans)(UPDATE: According to the CBO, Medicare's administrative costs are 2 %, vs. 17 % for for - profit plans.

Better yet for the company, advertising sales were a «strong contributor» to Amazon much bigger - than - expected profit in the first quarter, said Brian Olsofsky, Amazon's chief financial officer, on a conference call with investors on Thursday.

Unless you can sign up a hot college draft pick or persuade John Grisham to switch agents, it may be years before your literary agency or sports management firm can generate enough revenue to cover the cost of recruiting and servicing your clients — much less make a profit.

The fact that it's cutting back is seen as a reflection of a changing mentality among Silicon Valley startups that largely enjoyed an easy funding environment that allowed them to grow at all costs — without generating much profit or cash.

Friese won't say exactly how much Digiday makes in terms of profit or sales, except to say that «revenue is well into eight figures, and profit is well into seven figures.»

Certainly no one is predicting large declines in profits or share prices, but rather a period of much more modest growth.

Since its American launch a few months ago, the program has upset studios, who are wary of giving Movie Pass so much control and access to its industry in fear that the disruption might cannibalize profits.

Besides its much - touted benefits as a stress reducer, meditation has been suggested for everything from boosting creativity to raising profits.

A pattern of moderate, consistent profits is much more worthwhile over the long term than hit - or - miss profits from a few home runs.

And when you have the largest firms generating so much of their profits from other activities, it is really hard to put the client first.

Its flagship fund, the Medallion fund, is known to charge much higher: a 5 % management fee, and 44 % cut of the profits.

The healthy profit margins enjoyed so far by the likes of Samsung and especially Apple are coming under pressure, which is why there's been so much chatter lately about the possibility of a cheaper iPhone.

«As a reality check, Tesla is worth twice as much as Ford, yet Ford made 6 million cars last year at a $ 7.6 billion profit while Tesla made 100,000 cars at a $ 2 billion loss,» wrote Thompson, who has consistently outperformed the market as a hedge fund manager.

While that is advantageous for most entrepreneurs, the reality is that banks have simply not been able to see much of a profit when they make loans.

International sales in U.S. dollars no longer are worth as much as they were earlier this year, which will dent profits.

Overall, the code won't make much difference, which is why analysts are expecting wireless bills — and profits — to climb higher.

Lubin created ConsenSys earlier this year as a for - profit tech foundry operating in much the same vein as Betaworks and IdeaLab, except that it's entirely Ethereum - focused.

The Virgin Group has started many businesses with the goal of prioritizing people, the planet and profit equally, and they thrive despite occasional economic dips and competition from much bigger companies that were specifically built to bring in cash.

It ended up being OK — a trade treaty meant that FXR pays Canadian tax rates, which are much lower than those of Scandinavian nations, on its profits from the region — but checking ahead of time saved him from a potentially unpleasant surprise later.

But these days, in an industry that IATA predicts will have an average profit margin of 0.5 % in 2012 and whose members are doing everything they can to differentiate themselves in the market to stay competitive, not so much.

How much risk you're willing to take to satisfy those buyers will depend on your product's profit margin.

Sure, it's nice when your revenues are strong, but if you spent too much on advertising to generate those revenues, you must account for this, which you can do using a net profit dashboard.

That metric is important to shareholders because it shows how much profit a bank can earn from their capital.

Much remains to be done, starting with generating profits.

Most companies don't really know how much profit they're losing when their sales reps offer discounts.

Moreover, the other companies that have received such massive largesse were giants like Boeing, Nike, and Intel with decades of profits and much more predictable future sales.

For all Baumann and Grant's bluster about innovation and feeding the world, many farmers worry that this merger is motivated by profit alone — which will be much easier to make after the tie - up.

«We're a for - profit, but if I had to choose between making money and changing millions of lives, I'd much rather change millions of lives.»

«Despite the much higher costs of attendance, earnings effects are smaller in the for - profit sector relative to the effects for comparable students in public community colleges — a result that holds for all but one of the top 10 fields of study,» according to the study abstract.

Being owned by a large company with deep pockets like eBay gives Venmo breathing room to focus on growth without having to worry so much about profits.