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Net Profit: an organization's income as shown in a profit and loss account after all relevant expenses have been deducted; Net Profit definition on BNET »

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Randgold net profit Up 42 Percent: LONDON (Reuters UK) - African miner Randgold Resources (RRS) said first-quarter net profit rose 42 percent on the year and 25 percent on the previous quarter as gold prices hit record levels. Net profit increased to $18.2 million (9.2 million pounds) from $14.5 million the...; Tags: Net Profit, Oukbs, Randgold; News items 2008-05-05
Teva Quarterly net profit Down on CoGenesys Charge: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA) (TEVA), the world's largest generic drugmaker, on Tuesday reported a drop in its first-quarter net profit, weighed by a charge tied to its acquisition of CoGenesys. Quarterly net income at the Israel-based company was...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, net profit, drug company, pharmaceutical company, acquisition, New York, net income, Thomson Reuters Corp., sales; News items 2008-05-05
KBR First-quarter net profit Soars: NEW YORK (Reuters) - KBR Inc (KBR), the engineering and construction company, said on Friday its first-quarter net profit more than tripled on a favorable arbitration award and strong results from its upstream business. Net profit increased to $98 million, or 58 cents...; Tags: Construction, KBR Inc., arbitration, net profit, construction company, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp.; News items 2008-05-02
Hyundai Q1 Up 28 Pct on Won and Sales: SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co on Thursday posted a 28 percent rise in quarterly net profit but the result missed forecasts by a wide margin as rising raw material prices offset higher sales fuelled by a weaker won. South Korea's top...; Tags: Sales strategy, Manufacturing, Hyundai Motor Co., net profit, Hyundai, auto company, Seoul, Thomson Reuters Corp., sales, analyst; News items 2008-04-23
SocGen net profit Falls 23 Pct, Beats Consensus: By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale (SOGN), the French bank hit by the world's worst rogue trader scandal, reported a 23.4 percent fall in first quarter net profit although earnings came in above the average market forecast. Net profit fell to...; Tags: Bank, Net Profit, Euro, SocGen Net Profit, Financial Services, Chase General Corp.; News items 2008-05-13

SocGen net profit Falls 23 Percent: By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters UK) - Societe Generale, the French bank hit by the world's worst rogue trader scandal, reported a 23.4 percent fall in first quarter net profit although earnings came in above the average market forecast. Net profit fell to 1.096 billion euros...; Tags: Bank, Net Profit, Euro, SocGen Net Profit, Financial Services, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-12
Toyota Fourth-quarter Falls as Strong Yen, Weak U.S. Weigh: TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp posted a 28 percent fall in quarterly net profit on Thursday, hit by a stronger yen and finance-related losses, and forecast its first annual profit drop in seven years as the U.S. auto market ...; Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., net profit, operating profit, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Honda Motor Co., brokerage, automobile company, finance, Thomson Reuters Corp., U.S., emerging market, sales; News items 2008-05-07
Tower to Change Reporting Standards: Financial services group Tower Australia Group Ltd will change the basis of reporting profit from its life insurance operations, leading to an increase in the company's underlying profit and net profit after tax (NPAT).With effect from October 1, 2007, the company will change its profit carrier from claims to...; Tags: Financial, Net Profit, Life Insurance, Standards, Insurance, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-04-14
Honda Forth Quarter Profit Tumbles: TOKYO (Reuters UK) - Honda Motor posted an 85.6 percent tumble in quarterly net profit on Friday, hit by a stronger yen, rising commodities prices and a soft U.S. car market. Honda, Japan's second-biggest automaker and the world's top motorcycle maker, said January-March net...; Tags: Honda Motor Co., Net Profit, Yen, Oukbs; News items 2008-04-24
CEO Comp: Their Personal Assets Should Be At Risk: CEO Comp: Their Personal Assets Should Be At RiskCEO Compensation - alternativesI am not sure that net profits would not be as easily manipulated as you claim stock prices can be - the CEO can time certain transactions for their accounting effect. Moreover, linking CEO compensation to net profit...; Tags: Benefits, net profit, Comp, compensation, asset; Discussion threads 2007-12-28
Calculating Dividend Cover: Dividend cover measures a company’s ability to pay dividends to stockholders. Specifically, it calculates how many times over the company’s net after-tax profits could have paid for dividends to its common stockholders.A similar calculation, payout ratio identifies the percentage of net profit paid to stockholders in the form of dividends,...; Tags: Financial Planning, Financial accounting, BNET Editorial, dividend, earnings per share, net profit, investor, allocation, tax, shareholder, industry; Articles 2007-07-30
Assessing a Profit and Loss Account: A profit and loss account (P&L) is a statement of sales income and expenditure over a specified period, and any profits or losses made. Essentially, the profit or loss is the difference between the money that comes in and the money that goes out. A P&L account does not show...; Tags: Operational accounting, BNET Editorial, P&L, net profit, tax, income, revenue, GAAP, sales, dividend, net income, stock, payment, advertisement; Articles 2007-07-05
Calculating Return on Investment: Return on Investment is one of several profitability ratios, one of the four basic classes of financial ratios—the others being liquidity ratios, activity ratios and debt ratios. This, the Return on Investment, often called a company’s return on total assets, measures the overall profit made on an investment expressed as...; Tags: ROI/TCO, BNET Editorial, net profit, ROI, tax, asset, net income, equity, investor, investment, sales, financial market, liquidity, dividend, stock, interest rate, financial, e-business, advertisement, Internet; Articles 2007-06-26
Profitability Ratios: This article describes set of ratios to assess the profitability of your business and changes in its profit performance. These ratios are probably the most important indicators of your business's financial success. Investors will be interested in these ratios insofar as they demonstrate the performance and growth potential of the...; Tags: CCH Inc., net profit, operating profit, profit margin, performance, equity, financial; White papers 2003-01-01

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Sage Software Announces First Half 2008 Results: Sage Software, Inc. announced today that itsUK-based parent company, The Sage Group plc, reported revenues of $1,290.3million for the half-year ended March 31, 2008, an increase of 9%* over thesame prior year period. Adjusted pre-tax profit^ for the period was $278.0million, an increase of 9% over the prior year period....; Articles 2008-05-08
SkyWest may withdraw offer to buy ExpressJet Holdings: SkyWest Inc. on Wednesday said it may change or withdraw its offer to buy ExpressJet Holdings Inc. ExpressJet rejected a $3.50-a-share cash offer from SkyWest on April 25 that was 67 percent higher than ExpressJet's previous closing share price, calling the bid "opportunistic." ExpressJet has said it...; Articles 2008-05-08
RAB shares dive 15% on profit warning: Troubles continue to mount at the UK hedge fund manager Rab Capital. The group that lost a packet from betting the wrong way on Northern Rock saw its shares sink 15 per cent yesterday on news that assets under management had fallen by more than a 10th since January. ...; Articles 2008-05-07
Income rises 88% in 1Q for Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners: Double-digit operating margin growth by its pipelines and terminals led Magellan Midstream Partners to record quarterly net income and operating profit, beating Wall Street expectations. Those results led general partner interest-holder Magellan Midstream Holdings to a 53-percent first-quarter net income. "MMP's very strong performance...; Articles 2008-05-07
Foreclosures help Dolan Media post $4M first-quarter profit: Foreclosures and housing woes once again boosted revenues at business and legal information publisher Dolan Media Co. as the company went from a net loss in the first quarter of 2007 to a $4 million profit this year. Minneapolis-based Dolan, parent company of The Daily Record, said...; Articles 2008-05-07
Sutron Posts Higher First Quarter Profit and Revenue: Sutron Corporation (NASDAQ: STRN), a leadingprovider of hydrological, meteorological and oceanic monitoring products,systems and services, today announced it achieved an increase in net incomefor the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 to $246,917 or $.05 per sharecompared to net income of $38,972 or $.01 per share for the same quarterlast...; Articles 2008-05-07