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Philip Green's Arcadia year profit up 25 pct (Reuters) «Arcadia, the Topshop - to - Bhs British retail group owned by the family of billionaire Philip Green, posted a 25 percent rise in underlying year profit as a drive to increase efficiency boosted margins.»

Australia's Treasury Wine Posts Record Half - Year Profit on U.S., China Demand Australia's Treasury Wine Estates Ltd, the world's biggest listed stand - alone wine company, posted a record half - year profit as it catered to China's thirst for mid-range product and benefited from a United States purchase...

MMA Offshore has reported a dramatic slide in half - year profit as the marine services company faces challenging conditions in the offshore oil and gas industry.

Mirrabooka Investments posted a 16 per cent dip in half - year profits as the listed investment company sells down stakes in companies that are becoming expensive.

Not exact matches

That likely reassured investors who watched Walmart sacrifice profits for a couple of years as it gave workers raises and invested heavily in e-commerce to better compete online and in stores.

That vision and his company's incredible financial performance — Nvidia has been growing profits at better than 50 % annually and its stock has leapt from $ 30 to above $ 200 in two years — make Huang the clear choice as Fortune's Businessperson of the Year for 2017.

MILAN — Carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles reported Thursday a 60 percent rise in net profit for the first quarter of the year as sales improved, particularly in the Americas, and demand rose globally for its Jeeps.

I offered on the spot to buy the next year of his time for $ 5,000 an hour, as long as I got his profits in return.

Aluminum products maker Arconic slashed its 2018 forecasts for profit and free cash flow as it expects prices of the metal to remain high this year due to sanctions on Russian supplies and a 10 percent duty on aluminum imports.

Exxon's profits have improved over the last year as the oil market continues to recover from a prolonged price slump.

MUMBAI, April 19 - India's Tata Consultancy Services Ltd expects a rebound in spending by its key banking, financial services and insurance clients this financial year, it said on Monday, as it posted its biggest - ever profit, helped by deal wins.

Analysts saw some weakness in the results, pointing to a decline in the profit margins on the wireless side, and Shammo's comment that the rate of device upgrades would be roughly the same as last year.

U.S. health insurer Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday as an adjustment for low healthcare spending late last year offset a rise in flu - related costs.

To celebrate 30 years of the program, we are rebranding what was once known as the PROFIT 500 to the Growth 500 ranking of Canada's Fastest - Growing Companies.

Originally they'd wanted to sell their shares for a big profit after a few years to the unsuspecting public, but since the idea of bankruptcy had been floated, that options was off the table, as the shares had plunged.

This summer, Clinton released details of that plan, which would include tax credits up to two years for businesses that include profit sharing as part of their employee compensation.

Garmin reported a higher - than - expected profit for the eighth straight quarter, selling more of its GPS - based outdoor activity gadgets such as underwater watches, leading it to raise its full - year revenue forecast.

In fact corporate profits are a recognized long leading indicator, which means they usually peak at least a year before the economy as a whole.

That was more than 10 years ago, and today, Hoffman still runs his water company (recently rebranded as o2cool.com), reinvesting any and all profits in the company, while earning his living strictly from domaining.

So Biderman, — the self - described «King of Infidelity» — who just last year told PROFIT 500 researchers that «there's no such thing as bad attention for our business» — did something that would be unthinkable to most entrepreneurs: He fired himself.

I credit making wise decisions in marketing as a primary reason I went from selling zero units to several hundred thousand units within two years, operating only off of profits all before the exposure that Shark Tank brought.

«It became too difficult to turn a profit last year, so I closed the canteen and went to find work as a cook,» said Zhang, who left Bianqiang village 14 years ago.

Earlier this year, for example, it launched a program in which more than 420 of its most active and influential community members sell products to their friends and followers; in turn, they receive a cut of the profits, as well as rewards that include sneak previews of products and trips to New York to visit Glossier and have dinner with Weiss.

HSBC, Europe's largest bank, announced a 5 percent rise in pretax profits in the first half of 2017 as well as the third share buyback in a year.

The comments come as Alphabet's total headcount swelled by roughly 9,000 year - on - year, and as expenses crept up during Q1, causing the company to miss Wall Street's profit targets.

Last year the sales numbers came in strong for the fourth quarter, but there was only one problem: as revenues rose, profits plummeted.

April 30 - Whiting Petroleum Corp reported first - quarter profit on Monday compared with a year - ago loss as the U.S. oil producer benefited from higher oil prices and lower costs.

Then something strange happened: Profits rose just as much as the previous year, fueled by a surprising productivity jump — of 30 to 40 percent.

As we've seen countless times over the years, tax reforms always come with unintended consequences that only emerge once tax payers have had some time to digest the new rules, adjust their reporting accordingly, and start making the tweaks and refinements that will help them maximize profit and minimize tax.

At the other end of the European benchmark, Cobham was a top gainer, jumping 10 percent by the close as it reported a pretax profit in 2017, after having registered a loss in the previous year.

It's possible to imagine Estonia's idea becoming a multibillion - dollar business in the years ahead — turning the whole view of government as a bureaucracy offering public services into an entity generating profits.

April 30 (Reuters)- Whiting Petroleum Corp reported first - quarter profit on Monday compared with a year - ago loss as the U.S. oil producer benefited from higher oil prices and lower costs.

For fiscal 2014, Hitachi delivered an operating profit of 600.4 billion yen ($ 4.89 billion), its second year of record - breaking profit, on the back of cost - cutting, alongside strong demand for its lifts in China, as well as robust sales of auto parts and electronics products.

According to GrubHub's S - 1 filing — the form a company must submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to going public — profits have declined over the past three years as the company has expanded.

For five years, I have been highlighting the real dynamic in China - U.S. trade: the stupendous profits being skimmed by U.S. corporations as a result of moving manufacturing to China.

Executives love to bemoan how regulations are «killing» them, even as profits and revenue climb every year.

It gives the most accurate picture of the market P / E by calculating a ten - year average of inflation - adjusted earnings as the «E,» a formula that eliminates the bigs swings that make P / Es look overly extended when profits temporarily collapse, and more attractive than warranted when earnings spike, the scenario today.

Case in point: Despite a growing economy and recovering profits, as of mid-May, not a single energy stock mutual fund in the U.S. had made money this year, according to Morningstar.

One of the concessions for winning state regulatory approval to convert Fidelis to a for - profit unit includes a $ 340 million contribution to New York state, payable over a five - year period, which will be treated as increased administrative costs.

Team 8, as it's identified in the affidavit, made an average annual profit of more than $ 1.8 million and better than a $ 3 - million profit in its best single year.

He kicks off 2018 and his third year as CEO of the health care company with a stock that's up nearly 70 %, strong earnings and profits, and a strategic acquisition.

Perth - based financial services group Pioneer Credit has delivered full - year profit of $ 4.6 million in its first year as a publicly - listed company on the back of strong gains in customer payments.

The company has steeply discounted books for years and reaped low profits as a result, which has been its business strategy.

In the past two years, for example, FFD, which ranks No. 87 on the PROFIT 500 and had 2013 revenues of $ 3.5 million, has launched pet - themed baby gear, such as blankets, and a line of consumables, such as an anti-chapping balm that can be applied to a dog's paws.

Doray Minerals has posted a sizeable boost in net profit for the six months to December, as the company works towards opening its second gold mine in Western Australia later this year.

Vigorate — which has revenues in the $ 4 to 8 million range and ranked 255th on the 2013 PROFIT 500 — opened a Chicago sales office a few years ago to make further inroads with professional sports teams in the U.S. And in 2012, it set up a similar sales hub in Barcelona, reckoning, as Grieve explains, that the sprawling European soccer industry would also be receptive to the sort of digital marketing the company provides to North American leagues.

Mining services company Ausdrill has suffered a 148.5 per cent fall in full - year profit to make a loss of $ 43.9 million, on the back of $ 77.9 million in write - downs and impairment charges as a result of the diminished outlook for mining services.

Robbins is donating all of the profits from the book, in advance, as well as providing an additional financial gift to Feeding America in order to personally provide 50 million meals this year.

Though 2009 proved a bright spot for Gottschalk — Buffett listed her as one of the execs who increased profits despite declining sales in Berkshire's annual report — Pampered Chef's more recent years were bumpy.

Meanwhile, as Microsoft was all but vaporizing its hard - earned profits to buy back those 37 million shares last year, it was busy issuing another 45 million shares that employees had exercised through the option plan.